<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Slight of hand by a monkey, or, The lady's head unloaded [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>published as the act directs, [25 October 1776]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed wtih lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall.  She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face.  A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene. A butcher's boy with a large tray stands in the street equally amused by the scene</dc:description><dc:description>Title engraved below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Publication date from Horace Walpole's impression in the New York Public Library.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered '344' in lower left corner.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>