Miss Hedgehog [graphic]

Description

Title: Miss Hedgehog [graphic]
Contributor: Ibb., Hen., printmaker.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 September 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Sepr. 9 1777 by MDarly ...
Abstract: An enormously obese woman in an elaborate dress with hooped skirt, her large mass of hair frizzed in a beehive shape. In her gloved left hand she holds a fan
Description: Title from item.
Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss collection, v. 3.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 38 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Stipple engravings England London 1777
Engravings England London 1777
Material: etching & stipple engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Subjects: Obesity
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
England > 1777
England > London > 1777

Access: Public
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