The Modern Venus: An Interview with Dr Lis Gernerd
Mary Hoare, A Modern Venus — or — a Lady of the Present Fashion in the State of Nature, 1785, New York Public Library
Anne Liddell, Countess of Upper Ossory, A Modern Venus Clothed, 1785/6, New York Public Library
Twelve Fashionable Head Dresses of 1778, 1778, Powerhouse Collection
Italian gowns, circa 1780-85, Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Man Millener: The Muff, 16 February 1787, published by S. W. Fores, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
Mary Delany, part of an embroidered apron, circa 1740, private collection
Embroidered muff, 1770s, LACMA
Embroidered muff, 1780s, LACMA
Detail of embroidered muff, 1780s, LACMA
Satin print muff, 1785-1800, MFA Boston
Fame at the tomb of Shakespeare embroidery, copied from a print by Francesco Bartolozzi based on a drawing by Angelica Kauffman, 1782-1800, Victoria and Albert Museum of Art
A New Conveyance to the Regions of Folly, or the Ladies Balloon Dress for the Year 1786, 17 April 1786, published by W. Wellings, Library of Congress
Wooden doll with wardrobe, 1780-1790, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
James Gillray, Farmer Giles and his Wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their Neighbours, on her return from School, 1809, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Dr Lis Gernerd’s book, The Modern Venus: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/modern-venus-9781350293373/
- Dr Lis Gernerd’s event at the Institute for Historical Research: https://www.history.ac.uk/events/breast-venus-fashion-and-satirical-prints-late-eighteenth-century
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