Lady Drudger going to Ranelagh [graphic].

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Title: Lady Drudger going to Ranelagh [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 25th 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accordg. to act by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: A large, ugly woman, shown in full-length in profile looking left, holds in one hand a tailor's dummy on top of which is a tall wig that she is diligently powdering with a flour dredger
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
State wiithout vol. number. Cf. No. 4647 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 18.6 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 15.3 cm.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.6 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 20 x 14 cm
Edition: [State with plate number '4'].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Cooking utensils
Dandies
British
Wigs
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Cooking utensils
Dandies > British
Wigs
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
L V G.

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