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| | NYPL, James Gillray |
 | | In the far right foreground, Benjamin West, seemingly in collusion with John Boydell, in the center, sneaks away with Thomas Macklin, publisher of several of Gillray’s earliest plates, who planned a gallery dedicated to biblical illustrations and British poets, similar to the Shakespeare Gallery. |
 | | The spencer was a short double-breasted overcoat, named for George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (probably the figure on the left), who, according to one legend, wagered that he could start a fashion by trimming the skirts of his overcoat (allegedly clipped during a riding accident). |
 | | Although the high-waisted dress was popularized in France during the Directory and the Empire, M. Dorothy George observes that it “had an independent and earlier origin in England.” In 1793, Lady Charlotte Campbell had introduced the clinging high-waisted dress “imitating the drapery of pictures and statues,” with the breasts lightly covered or left bare. |
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