Ridiculous taste, or, The ladies absurdity [graphic].

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Title: Ridiculous taste, or, The ladies absurdity [graphic].
Alternative Title: Ladies absurdity
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 July 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt., July 15th 1771, by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, & R. Sayer at the Golden Buck, Fleet Street
Abstract: "Satire on fashion: a French hairdresser mounts a ladder to arrange with tongs the curls of a lady with an enormous coiffure, while another man with a long queue, evidently her husband, holds a sextant to measure the height."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Naval officers -- Military uniforms -- Naval officer's uniform -- Trades: hairdressers -- Furnishings -- Carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Hairdressing implements: curling tongs -- Step ladders -- Naval instruments: quadrant.
Watermark: countermark W.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
French
Hairstyles
Hairdressing
Mirrors
Floor coverings
Ladders
Sextants
Subjects: Dandies > French
Hairstyles
Hairdressing
Mirrors
Floor coverings
Ladders
Sextants
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

Access: Public
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