The pretty mantua maker [graphic].

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Title: The pretty mantua maker [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. according to act, Jany. 1, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "A young woman, whole length, walking to the right, she looks downwards over her right shoulder. Her hands are crossed in front over a bundle wrapped in check material which she is carrying. She is elegantly dressed in a hat with ribbons, a cloak, a trained skirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "6" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Female costume -- Demi-reps -- Trades: Mantua makers -- Mantuas.
Third of three plates on leaf 66.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.3 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Edition: [State with volume number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 66. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

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

Access: Public
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