The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress Possibly 1796

"The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress" is a satirical print by British artist James Gillray, created around 1796. The print depicts a fashionably dressed woman in a high-fashion gown, with a towering headdress, attempting to breastfeed her baby while seated, with the aid of a servant. The artwork highlights the impracticality of fashionable attire for motherhood, contrasting it with the image of "Maternal Love" depicted in a smaller frame in the upper left. The print is part of a series of Gillray's satirical works that critiqued social and political norms, often using humor to expose hypocrisy and societal absurdity.