A companion print to British Museum satire no. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum satire no. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '29' in upper left corner. Plate number cited in the British Museum Catalogue: 28., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M Darly, 39 Strand
A half-length portrait in profile of a clergyman wearing spectacles and a wig. He holds a stack of paper in his right hand, while his left hand is raised with his finger pointing upward
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sitter tentatively identified as Edward Bearcroft., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bearcroft, Edward, ?1737-1796
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Clergy, Eyeglasses, Lawyers, and Wigs
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... design'd in the Hogarthian style ... by Timo[thy] Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupée wigs -- Club wigs -- Nosegays -- Female dress, 1773.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Corsages, and Flowers
Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the right in a bag wig and ruffled shirt. He has a very long, beak-like nose and wears spectacles
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Beginning of imprint statement is lightly etched and barely visible.
Publisher:
Pub. 14th Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.