Lady Waddle in a genteel undress [graphic].

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Title: Lady Waddle in a genteel undress [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [11 November 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub by MDarly Nov. 11, 1777, Strand
Abstract: Full length depiction of an enormously fat gloved lady wearing a giant beribboned calash hat as she stands in an outdoor setting facing right. Huge curls of hair issue from beneath the hat, and her outer cloak, which is short enough to reveal two-tone shoes, is adorned with large bows and a floral pattern
Description: Title from item.
Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Numbered in plate at top: 37, v. 2.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 46 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1777
Engravings England London 1777
Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Clothing & dress
Hats
Subjects: Obesity
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hats
England > London > 1777
England > 1777

Access: Public
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