On the right, a lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile and wearing a morning gown, sits at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked 'Rouge', other toilet implements and a looking-glass on the table. Her hair is in a ...
Alternative Title:
Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub May 1, 1777 by MDarly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Leaf 2. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In outdoor setting with a lake in the background, a full length view of young lady facing right with her enormous heart-shaped coiffure topped by a hat trailing long ribbons behind. Her dress, bearing several layers of ruffles, is extended in the back...
Alternative Title:
Cork rump
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Fashion, Skirts, Dogs, Hats, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 2. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In outdoor setting with a lake in the background, a full length view of young lady facing right with her enormous heart-shaped coiffure topped by a hat trailing long ribbons behind. Her dress, bearing several layers of ruffles, is extended in the back...
Alternative Title:
Cork rump
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Fashion, Skirts, Dogs, Hats, and Clothing & dress
Three woman and a man advance from the left with a blanket on which to toss an unsuspecting artist who is seated at the right side of the print. All display the excessive hair styles of the period. The individuals with the blanket appear to be charact...
Profile head of a woman facing right with her elaborate hair style occupying the upper three quarters of the plate. Her monumental coiffure is decorated with fruits, including melons, pears, and grapes, with, a basket of peaches at the summit, and oth...
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.11.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two elderly ladies are seated facing each other, the one on the left extremely fat and the one on the right very thin. Both display the extravagantly tall hairstyles of the day, topped by ostrich plumes. They are each seated on a large cork which issu...
Alternative Title:
Bottle companions
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly April 11 1777, 39 Strand near York Buildings
An enormously obese woman in an elaborate dress with hooped skirt, her large mass of hair frizzed in a beehive shape. In her gloved left hand she holds a fan
Half length front view of a young woman with ermine-trimmed gown and muff, and with extremely tall coiffure, of which beer barrels form the side curls. On top of her head an inverted rooster is held down by foxes on either side, the enormous tails of ...
Seated at a table before a fireplace, a fat woman with a mountainous headress faces an ugly man as they play a game of push-pin. On the right is a sofa, while on the wall behind them 2 portraits (male on left and female on right) hang in oval frames, ...
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Couples, Games, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In a park with trees, a fashionably dressed man and woman encounter each other near the footpath. The man wears a sword, large shoe-buckles, and enormous buttons which flash at the lady who recoils from their brightness. She is dressed in a tight-wais...
Alternative Title:
Coup de bouton
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 April, 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho
