The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].

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Title: The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].
Alternative Title: Mountain head dress of 1776
Mountain headdress of 1776
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 10, 1776.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly
Abstract: Half length front view of a woman with elaborate hairstyle occupying the upper two thirds of the plate. Garlands of flowers together with fruit and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Description: Title etched below image.
Tentatively attributed to Matthias Darly in the British Museum catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On leaf 9.
1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35 x 25 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 9. 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
Hand-colored illustrations
Material: etching and engraving, hand-colored ;
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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