The French lady in London, or, The head dress for the year 1771 [graphic]

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Title: The French lady in London, or, The head dress for the year 1771 [graphic]
Alternative Title: Head dress for the year 1771
Headdress for the year 1771
Francoise à Londres
Creator: Smith, Adam, active 1770, printmaker
Contributor: Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733-1794, artist.
Hooper, S. publisher.
Published / Created: 20th Novr. 1770.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for S. Hooper, No. 25 Ludgate Hill, & publish'd as the act directs
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Described in later state as being after original drawing by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm.
Earlier state, issued by different publisher. Cf. No. 4784 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Mountainous headdresses -- Female fashion, 1771 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: chairs -- Table -- Parrot stand -- Pets -- Reference to Lecture on heads by George Alexander Stevens.
Window mounted to 36 x 26 cm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Engravings England London 1771
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1771
England > London > 1771

Access: Public
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