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In this print, a farmer's family has sent their daughter to a boarding school instead of keeping her at home to learn the ways of the farm. Now returned, they have invited neighbours to hear the girl play piano and sing, and to look through her drawings - music, drawing, embroidery, dancing and other 'accomplishments' were the typical skills taught in most girls' schools at this time. \r\n\r\nThe interior of their drawing room, and the dress of all assembled in it, symbolise the gaucheness and vanity of the farmer's newly-prosperous family. The room is furnished with fashionable and luxurious furniture, including a floor carpet, marble fireplace and gilded candle sconces. On the left-hand wall is a picture of a farm in a gilt frame, titled 'Cheese Farm'. On the centre wall hangs an embroidered sampler, also framed, signed by 'Betty Giles aged 16. 1808. Cheese Hall'. The farm has been restyled as a genteel 'hall' to satisfy the aspirations of the family. However, in a nod to their rustic origins, the farmer, his wife and their guests all wear clothing in a style at least ten years out of date. The bored-looking seated gentleman still wears an old-fashioned powdered wig, and the older women sitting around the card table wear the low-waisted gowns and fichus of the 1790s. Only Betty, seated at the piano, and another young girl, wear the high-waisted gowns and simple hairstyles of the period.","physicalDescription":"A fashionably-furnished drawing room interior, at night, with candles lit and curtains drawn. On the left, a young woman dressed in the latest style plays at a pianoforte. A younger girl stands next to her, while her parents stand behind with admiring glances. On the right, at the rear, three older women sit around a card table, two gossiping and one asleep; and in front of them a man in a brown suit and a wig sits alone on a chair. 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The unknown amateur's sketch is likely to have been substantially altered by Gillray, rather than merely etched as a faithful reproduction, as the style and line (particulalry the manner in which the figures are caricatured) is very much in keeping with his own."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53241"},{"text":"aquatint","id":"AAT53242"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hand-coloured etching","categories":[{"text":"Satire","id":"THES250449"},{"text":"Caricatures & Cartoons","id":"THES48983"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Interiors","id":"THES48933"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM0527"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLC (VA)","id":"THES49171"},"free":"","case":"GG","shelf":"138","box":"T"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}],[{"text":"drawing","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1/1/1809","earliest":"1809-01-01","latest":"1809-01-01"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by John Jones","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"31.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"47.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions are for sheet","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Object originally bound in a guard-book containing one hundred and fifteen caricatures by T. 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