The bears escape, or, Frizzle in an uproar [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The bears escape, or, Frizzle in an uproar [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Frizzle in an uproar
- Contributor
- Hooper, S. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [7 June 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd June 7, 1786, by S. Hooper, No. 212 High Holborn
- Abstract
-
A satire on 18th-century English hairdressing and women’s fashion: a view of a London shop, presumably "The Rose" (note the large rose above the doorway), a hairdressing and wig-making shop owned by William Vickery (active circa 1783-1832). The shop is shown with double bay windows on the ground floor in which are displayed enormous wigs decorated with feathers. Men and women lean out of the windows on the upper level to watch a pair of bears escaping from the front door. The bears -- one saying to the other "Run brother Run, if were caught were Kill’d as sure as a Gun" -- are pursued by the proprietor of the shop and another woman. The shopfront is covered with advertisements for the real services and products offered by Vickery including Bears Grease, Soft Pomatums, Sticking Plaister, Curling Irons as well as "La Tete Transparante" and "Figaro Braids". A woman fleeing from the bears has lost her elaborate wig and is shown bald
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. - Provenance
- Maggs Bros.; October 2024.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 26.3 x 28 cm, on sheet 30 x 43 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 786.06.07.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Vickery, William.
- Subject (Topic)
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Clothing & dress
Storefronts
Bay windows
Hairdressing
Bears
Wigs - Subjects
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Vickery, William
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Storefronts
Bay windows
Hairdressing
Bears
Wigs
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17408497
- Object ID (OID)
- 33240922