Accession No
6814
Brief Description
print, hand-coloured lithograph, A Lady Who Has Sacrifised Every Thing for her Bottle and Glass, by KORA, English, 1830 (c)
Origin
England [attributed]
Maker
KORA
Class
prints
Earliest Date
1830
Latest Date
1830
Inscription Date
Material
paper (paper, card), ink
Dimensions
125mm (width), 150mm (depth)
Special Collection
Provenance
Donated by a private individual in April 2024. Purchased in early 2000s by donor at Grosvenor Prints, London.
Inscription
A LADY WHO HAS SACRIFISED [sic] EVERY THING FOR HER BOTTLE AND GLASS [at bottom]
KORA [bottom left hand corner]
Drink [handwritten on reverse in pencil]
45 [handwritten on reverse in pencil]
Description Notes
Print, hand-coloured lithograph, A Lady Who Has Sacrificed Every Thing for her Bottle and Glass, by KORA, English [attributed], 1830 (c).
Hand-coloured lithograph on cream paper, of a grinning woman made up of glassware. She holds a green bottle in one hand and a wine glass in the other, and has a glass for a hat. The letter S in the inscription is back-to-front.
Paper mounted on card.
Complete.
References
Events
Description
Meet an unusual character from 1830. The way people lived, and how they studied the world, was changing rapidly at this time. Caricatures like this – where a character's body is made up of objects relating to their passion or trade – were popular, poking fun at the new kinds of people appearing as new scientific fields and opportunities opened up.
Is this woman having too much fun? Her arms are bottles, her skirt is a goblet, and her smile is very glassy.
This print is one of a pair in the Whipple collection by an illustrator who signed the work only as KORA. Compare with Wh.6813.
Text adapted from label for Learning Gallery display "Caricatures & Cartoons", 2024-25.
09/10/2025
Created by: Hannah Price on 09/10/2025
FM:47671
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