engraving with original hand-colouring and some later retouching, on wove paper with minor handling creases, otherwise in good condition, [BM Satires 11612].
[Gillray (James)]
Les Invisibles,
, Hannah Humphrey, c.1810.
copied from a French caricature, a social satire lampooning the comical consequences of the pursuit of fashion, depicting figures strolling in a park, three gentleman, one with a lady on his arm, the other two with a young lady on both arms, all on a collision course as the exaggerated forms of their highly fashionable hats and bonnets, wing collars and ruffs, largely obscure their fields of vision..
240 by 345mm (9½ by 13½ inches).
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