Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the head...
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, A.D. 1769.
Call Number:
769.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a half-length portrait of woman with a black veil over her head looks left. In her right hand she holds a mask; around her neck is cross. She wears pearl earrings, pearls in her hair, and a strand hangs from the jeweled rose at her ...
Alternative Title:
Fair nun unmasked
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Accessories (Clothing & dress), Dancers, Jewelry, Masks, and Masquerades
A grotesque bearded head attached to the body of a woman faces right under an enormous coiffure. Within the hair a scene in the top panel depicts a masquerade in a garden setting. A lower scene shows boats and barges, a reference to the first English...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act of Parlt. July 9, 1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Sque
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
