The bird of paradise [graphic].[not before May 1781]eng"A lady, seated on a settee smiling, her right hand rests on the arm of the settee, in her left is a black mask. On the cushion of the settee is a card "Admit Mrs M------to the Mask'd Ball". She is attractively dressed in the fashion of the period, with a muslin apron. Her coiffure is extravagantly large, with curls on her neck, and is covered by an elaborately frilled muslin cap. A rural landscape is seen through a window (right)."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from item.Lower margin trimmed to plate mark.Date erased from this impression.Date of imprint from British Museum catalogue.Numbered in lower left of plate, 435.