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1. The bald fac'd doe [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 75. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, whole length, of a very stout woman standing in profile to right. Her right hand is thrust beneath her apron, a bunch of keys hangs from her waist. She wears a cap, elbow sleeves, a figured handkerchief or scarf, a straight full skirt over a quilted petticoat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bald faced doe
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue., "Epping" is a pseudonym of Matthias Darly; see British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Portrait of Mrs. Owen, an innkeeper at Epping Forest; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 75.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, Strand, May 29th, 1772, accor. to act
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Owen, Mrs., -1783?,
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Aprons, Keys (Hardware), and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The bald fac'd doe [graphic]