[A nun of the 6th class] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A nun of the 6th class] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Nun of the sixth class
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: March 1, 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Plate 3 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. A young woman in profile to the right wearing an elaborate cap, the frill of which conceals her eye. Her chin is patched. Her hair is fashionably dressed, her dress cut low; she wears a black ribbon round her neck."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title from earlier state.
Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5180 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "3" in upper left corner.
Third of three plates on leaf 107.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Courtesans
Prostitutes
Hats
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Courtesans
Prostitutes
Hats
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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