The Beauties of Moore
Maker
(artist)
1815-1881
(engraver)
1791-1857
(publisher)
1815-1881
(engraver)
1791-1857
(publisher)
Title
The Beauties of Moore
Date of Production
1846
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 33 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Width: 26.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4231
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Selected prints from Edward Finden's The Beauties of Moore: a series of portraits of his principal female characters
See also G.1990.WL.4190 and G.1990.WL.4191 by Alfred Thomas Derby (1821-1873).
This work contains potentially offensive or inappropriate content.
The Beauties of Moore series demonstrates a 19th-century fashion for depicting ethnic 'types'. Such imagery often includes problematic stereotypes, and racist and misogynistic content.
Provenance
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