The Vaux Hall demi-rep [graphic].

Description

Title: The Vaux Hall demi-rep [graphic].
Alternative Title: Vauxhall demirep
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [20 August 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Augt. 20th, 1772, by M. Darly, No. 39 Strand
Abstract: "A woman walking to the right and looking over her right shoulder. Her wrists are crossed; she holds between them a large sprigged handkerchief. She wears an elaborate ribbon-trimmed hat over a lace cap, a low bodice with a large nosegay and a cloak. A looped-up train shows a fairly short quilted petticoat. Her face is patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner.
Third of three plates on leaf 81.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 176 x 127 mm, on sheet 224 x 144 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 81. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Prostitutes
Handkerchiefs
Hats
Corsages
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Prostitutes
Handkerchiefs
Hats
Corsages
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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