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-[[Image:Fashionable contrasts James Gillray.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Fashionable Contrasts]]'' ([[1792]]) by [[James Gillray]]]] +[[Image:Fashionable contrasts James Gillray.jpg |thumb|right|200px|This page '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is part of the [[human sexuality]] series<br><small>Illustration: ''[[Fashionable Contrasts]]'' (1792) by [[James Gillray]].</small>]]
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-'''James Gillray''', sometimes spelled '''Gilray''' (born [[August 13]], [[1757]] in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]]; died [[June 1]], [[1815]]), was a [[English caricaturist]] and [[printmaker]] famous for his [[etching|etched]] political and social [[satire]]s, mainly published between [[1792]] and [[1810]].+'''''Fashionable Contrasts;—or—The Duchess's little Shoe yeilding ''[''sic'']''<!--Please do not correct this "misspelling"; it is in the original, which we quote here--> to the Magnitude of the Duke's Foot''''' is a print by [[James Gillray]].
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 +As well as being [[blatant]] in his observations, Gillray could be incredibly [[subtle]], and [[puncture]] [[vanity]] with a remarkably [[deft]] approach. The outstanding example of this is his [[print]] ''Fashionable Contrasts''. This was a devastating image aimed at the ridiculous [[sycophancy]] directed by the press towards [[Frederica Charlotte Ulrica]], [[Duchess of York]], and the supposed [[daintiness]] of her feet. The print showed only the feet and ankles of the [[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|Duke]] and Duchess of York, in an obviously [[copulatory]] position, with the Duke's feet enlarged and the Duchess's feet drawn very small. This print silenced forever the [[sycophancy]] of the press regarding the union of the Duke and Duchess.
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 +The print was first published by [[Hannah Humphrey]] on [[January 24]], [[1792]].
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Fashionable Contrasts;—or—The Duchess's little Shoe yeilding [sic] to the Magnitude of the Duke's Foot is a print by James Gillray.

As well as being blatant in his observations, Gillray could be incredibly subtle, and puncture vanity with a remarkably deft approach. The outstanding example of this is his print Fashionable Contrasts. This was a devastating image aimed at the ridiculous sycophancy directed by the press towards Frederica Charlotte Ulrica, Duchess of York, and the supposed daintiness of her feet. The print showed only the feet and ankles of the Duke and Duchess of York, in an obviously copulatory position, with the Duke's feet enlarged and the Duchess's feet drawn very small. This print silenced forever the sycophancy of the press regarding the union of the Duke and Duchess.

The print was first published by Hannah Humphrey on January 24, 1792.

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