Abstract

Society was a minefield for an eighteenth-century lady. The temptations of gambling, fashion and drink easily led to a spiral of financial, social and physical ruin ending in prostitution and imprisonment. Such was the moral of an earthenware plate produced by John Aynsley in Staffordshire in the 1790s.

Keywords

Eighteenth Century Century Culture Immoral Behaviour Conspicuous Consumption Sexual Politics 
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© The Author(s) 2016

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Royal Museums GreenwichLondonUK

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