Wigs [graphic].

Description

Title: Wigs [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [12 October 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A companion print to British Museum satire no. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum satire no. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '29' in upper left corner. Plate number cited in the British Museum Catalogue: 28.
Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 42 cm
Edition: [State with plate no. '29' added].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Wigs
Subjects: Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Wigs
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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