The bald fac'd doe [graphic]

Description

Title: The bald fac'd doe [graphic]
Alternative Title: Bald faced doe
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Contributor: Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [29 May 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, Strand, May 29th, 1772, accor. to act
Abstract: "Portrait, whole length, of a very stout woman standing in profile to right. Her right hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title from caption below image.
Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue.
"Epping" is a pseudonym of Matthias Darly; see British Museum catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner.
For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5011 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.1 x 13 cm, on sheet 24.4 x 16 cm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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