Miss Gruff [graphic]

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Title: Miss Gruff [graphic]
Contributor: Ibb, Hen., printmaker.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [21 March 1778]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly March 21, 1778, Strand
Abstract: A very fat and sour-looking woman stands facing right, in an outdoor setting with trees in the distance. She is dressed in a fancy striped dress, her mountain of curly hair topped by an elaborate bonnet with ribbons and bows
Description: Title from item.
Signed (by engraver?) in lower left of image: HI, i.e. Hen. Ibb.?
Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram.
Numbered in plate at top: V. 2, 63.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss collection, v. 3.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1778
Engravings England London 1778
Satires (Visual works) England 1778
Material: etching and roulette ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Hats
Obesity
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hats
Obesity
England > London > 1778
England > 1778

Access: Public
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