M0013937: "The fashionable mamma, or the convenience of modern dress", 1796

Previous title, replaced January 2022: J. Gillray,(uncoloured) 'The fashionable Mamma, -or-the convenience of modern dress'

Coloured etching by James Gillray, 1796, showing a fashionable woman wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby. Related images: V0015038

1955

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 17465i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.