Tight lacing, or, Hold fast behind [graphic] / MD [monogram].Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmakerMarch 1, 1777.engA small-waisted lady with towering coiffure topped by a beribboned hat stands in her boudoir holding onto post of canopy bed, as her footman, bracing his foot on her rump, tightens her stays. A decorative carpet is visible underfoot, and her dressing table may be seen to the leftTitle from item.MD of publisher's name form a monogram.Numbered in plate at top: 29, V. 2.