Inconvenience of wearing coffee bag skirts.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by J. Baillie, 87th near 3rd Avenue N.Y.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph

  DATE: 1848.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 7/8 x 8 3/8" (30.4 x 21.4 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: "Baillis's Caricatures No. 1"<br><br> Image of a woman exiting a public transit omnibus, marked "Bowery and 61st St." and "3rd Avenue," presumably in New York City, as men inside the vehicle look on; her skirts are caught on the doorknob revealing a coffee sack, with the text "Java Burnt and Ground Shilling Per Pound," in place of a petticoat or underskirt; the woman wears a full-skirted dress, mantle, feathered bonnet, lace-up shoes, and carries a parasol.<br><br> A scarce lithograph

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition and color. One small stain in the lower left.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical