Ladies wigs! [graphic]

Description

Title: Ladies wigs! [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [12 June 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. June 12, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St
Abstract: "Eight three-quarter length figures of women in ovals, arranged in two rows on a dark background. Each has put on a new wig, ranging from heavy ringlets in confused profusion to a shock of lank hair. Some are old and ugly, others passable. Their words are engraved beneath the oval; some are horrified, others complacent."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below images.
Publisher's advertisement below title: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Design divided into eight compartments, each individually captioned.
Watermark: A. Stace 1798.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii, 1798.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.8 x 48 cm, on sheet 37 x 50 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Jewelry
Wigs
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Hairstyles
Jewelry
Wigs
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

Access: Public
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