[A lady abbess of the 1st class] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A lady abbess of the 1st class] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Lady abbess of the first class
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [30 March 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, March 30, 1773, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Plate 5 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title here implying that the subject is the keeper of a brothel. A woman in profile to the right. of dignified and refined appearance. Her hair is fashionably dressed over a high cushion and ornamented with lace. A black ribbon is tied round her neck. Her dress appears to be loose négligé."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title from earlier state.
Later state, with title burnished from plate. Cf. No. 5184 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 "5" in upper left corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 108.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 108. 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
Prostitution
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Prostitution
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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