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1. Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [January 1817]
- Call Number:
- 817.01.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pretty and elegant young woman kneels on a bed supporting her elbows on the pillow. A woman stands beside her raising the girl's skirt in order to birch her, but finds her posterior covered by a life-sized mask which is a close portrait of herself. She says: "Oh ma foi! dot is mine own Head in t'oder place.""--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Governess outwitted
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A close copy in reverse of print published by Holland in 1799: The governess delineated, or, A pretty face spoiled. Note from Andrew Edmunds April 2019., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on brown paper backing to 31 x 39 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1817 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Governesses, Child discipline, Beds, Masks, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].
