Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].

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Title: Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].
Alternative Title: View of the back settlements
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [9 July 1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 9, 1776, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: Rear view of a woman's elaborate hairstyle which culminates in a huge bonnet with ostrich plumes. A collection of fruits and vegetables is nestled among her curls, and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
On leaf 7.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.9 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 28 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 7. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Engravings England London 1776
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Hairstyles
Wigs
Subjects: Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Wigs
England > 1776
England > London > 1776

Access: Public
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