"A lady, young and beautiful, sits in an arm-chair, her head in profile to the left, gazing at her reflection in a standing pier-glass. She wears a dress cut very low, with short puffed sleeves, a small hat supporting two tall feathers and showing curls surrounding her face. A miniature on a long double chain is attached to her corsage. She holds a small round box of some cosmetic. Behind her a parasol lies on a table, with a ring in place of ferrule. Behind this stands an ornate harp, with three pedals, decorated with a winged female figure and roses, a suitable instrument for the display of rounded arms. Fringed curtains frame a tall window, which throws a strong light on lady and mirror."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Looking glass in favor
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Companion print to: The looking glass in disgrace.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1805 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Mirrors, Feathers, Draperies, Umbrellas, and Harps
Caroline, wearing a chemise and high-strapped shoes, stands admiring herself in front of a full-length mirror. With her right hand she adjusts a feather in her elaborate headdress, which is adorned with the Prince of Wales's feathers on the far side and several pointed feathers on the near side, two of which resemble horns; her left hand rests on her hip. Bergami stands behind her in astonished delight, his hands raised in the air; a garment hangs from his left arm, and several towels or pieces of clothing marked with the initials "B B" are strewn on the floor. A man and a woman peer in on the scene from an adjoining room, the man with a pleased look on his face and the woman with one of surprise. On the wall behind Bergami hangs an oval mirror, the decorative frame of which includes a figure of Cupid standing atop a goat while shooting an arrow. A book with "History" on its spine lies on its side in the left foregraound; a burning candle in its holder sits upon the book
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D17917a)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Dressing for a masquerade, see the chaste Historic Muse, having whiskered Bergi's aid, feathers, gause-chemise and shoes., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1821.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Adultery, Mirrors, Headdresses, Feathers, and Cupids
Caroline, wearing a chemise and high-strapped shoes, stands admiring herself in front of a full-length mirror. With her right hand she adjusts a feather in her elaborate headdress, which is adorned with the Prince of Wales's feathers on the far side and several pointed feathers on the near side, two of which resemble horns; her left hand rests on her hip. Bergami stands behind her in astonished delight, his hands raised in the air; a garment hangs from his left arm, and several towels or pieces of clothing marked with the initials "B B" are strewn on the floor. A man and a woman peer in on the scene from an adjoining room, the man with a pleased look on his face and the woman with one of surprise. On the wall behind Bergami hangs an oval mirror, the decorative frame of which includes a figure of Cupid standing atop a goat while shooting an arrow. A book with "History" on its spine lies on its side in the left foregraound; a burning candle in its holder sits upon the book
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D17917a)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Dressing for a masquerade, see the chaste Historic Muse, having whiskered Bergi's aid, feathers, gause-chemise and shoes., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 27.6 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 22.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 73 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "20 May 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Adultery, Mirrors, Headdresses, Feathers, and Cupids
Leaf 74. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature portrait, whole length, of a man in profile walking to the right, grotesquely dressed, probably for a masquerade. In his right hand he holds a rod to each end of which is slung a fox's tail. A large fox's tail hangs from the back of his neck. A bell hangs outwards from the back of his waist. A ribbon flutters from his right arm. He wears a small cap with a tuft of feathers at the top. Rows of feathers (quills) or ribbons hang from his cap, his waist, and from the tops of his stockings which leave his knees bare."--British Museum online catalogue and "At the masquerades (c. 1772) groups of young men from the universities, some dressed as "Tom fools with cap and bells", were conspicuous. ... Evidently intended for C. J. Fox, a leader of fashion and already a favourite subject of caricature."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text above image: Tom Fool the First., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume., and Second of three plates on leaf 74.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Costumes, Masquerades, and Feathers
Leaf 27. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady seated at dressing table is attended by a hairdresser standing behind her on a stool, and arranging ostrich feathers in her towering coiffure. Her maid (?) also with her hair in an inverted pyramid, approaches carrying a basket of fruit and vegetables, several of which already adorn the first woman's hair
Alternative Title:
Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady, Featherd lady, and Feathered lady
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5370 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., On leaf 27., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet mutilated in lower right corner with loss of year from end of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Feathers, and Hairdressing
Leaf 27. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady seated at dressing table is attended by a hairdresser standing behind her on a stool, and arranging ostrich feathers in her towering coiffure. Her maid (?) also with her hair in an inverted pyramid, approaches carrying a basket of fruit and vegetables, several of which already adorn the first woman's hair
Alternative Title:
Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady, Featherd lady, and Feathered lady
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5370 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Feathers, and Hairdressing
"A whole length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, walking left to right, her hands in a muff, her head turned to the spectator. Her hat has three ostrich feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' to indicate her marriage, see British Museum Satires No. 6924, &c. Her hair hangs loosely on her shoulders and her dress has the fashionable protuberances at the bust and below the waist, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7099, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fat, fair and forty
Description:
Title from item., Price in lower right corner: 1s. 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Earlier state of the print owned by Horace Walpole (NYPL, no. 83), with his identification., Upper right corner torn. On verso: George T. Stubbs., and Mounted to 41.7 x 27.6 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W.S. [sic] Fores Mar 20th, 1786 at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, Obesity, Muffs, Hats, and Feathers
"A whole length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, walking left to right, her hands in a muff, her head turned to the spectator. Her hat has three ostrich feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' to indicate her marriage, see British Museum Satires No. 6924, &c. Her hair hangs loosely on her shoulders and her dress has the fashionable protuberances at the bust and below the waist, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7099, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fat, fair and forty
Description:
Title from item., Price in lower right corner: 1s. 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Earlier state of the print owned by Horace Walpole (NYPL, no. 83), with his identification., In pencil on verso: (George T. Stubbs)., and 1 print : etching & engraving with stipple on laid paper : plate mark 30.2 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 21.2 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W.S. [sic] Fores Mar 20th, 1786 at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, Obesity, Muffs, Hats, and Feathers
"Lady Conyngham sits on a chair under which crouches the King; his head, larger than life, draped by her skirts, and hands project (left). She holds a fan, on which is depicted the 'Regent's Bomb', see British Museum Satires No. 12799, with (?) the King seated astride it. In her left hand is a tulip. She wears evening dress, jewels, and feathers. On the back of her chair is a (baron's) coronet. She says: "You're Old Quarters how do you like now, My Angel." He says: "O! what a mess I am in, this part of the Country is hotter, than in Hertford!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shelter for the destitute, removed to Cunningham Lodge
Description:
Title from text below image., Questionable printmaker attribution to Vowles from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 84 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "13 Sep. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. 13 Septr. 1820 by S. Vowles, 31 St. Johns Square
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Chairs, Fans (Accessories), Tulips, Jewelry, Feathers, and Crowns
