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The virgin unmasked, British Cartoon Print

The virgin unmasked, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows two voluptuous women. One woman is naked, except for a fig leaf, and bald without a wig. The other woman wears a hat with feathers, a wig, and a dress and holds a mask in her left hand. Between the women, mounted on a wall, is a statue of a baby. A picture (upper left) shows Eve holding an apple in the Garden of Eden. A picture (upper right) shows a devil chasing a woman around a tree.

Listed in an unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Caricatures, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470.M4. Vol. 2).
Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC).
Most images available on microfilm, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832, not in the British Museum," produced by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1970 (Microfilm LOT 12022). Unpublished checklist provides captions for images on microfilm.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1789
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