The back-side of a front row [graphic]

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Title: The back-side of a front row [graphic]
Contributor: Sneer, Richard, artist.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 1, 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly
Abstract: Rear view of seven individuals seated on a bench, two of them men, one with a clerical wig and the other a pigtail queue, perhaps a caricature of the artist. The women exhibit elaborate hairstyles, pinched waists and cork bustles of the period
Description: Title from item.
Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Richard Sneer, possibly Richard Brinsley Sheridan, identified as artist in British Museum catalogue.
Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.0 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 37 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Drypoints England London 1777
Material: etching & drypoint ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Hairstyles
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
England > 1777
England > London > 1777

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