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1. A new fashion'd head dress for young misses of three score and ten [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dawe, Philip, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the Act directs, 8 May 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.05.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A richly dressed but grotesque and balding old lady sits before her dressing table holding a lap dog and attended by a leering hairdresser and his assistant. The former places on her head a huge wig with side curls, flowers on the front and a profusion of ostrich plumes on top. Draperies adorn the dressing table and window, and patterned wall paper and carpet are visible
- Alternative Title:
- New fashioned head dress for young misses of three score and ten
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Clothing & dress, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A new fashion'd head dress for young misses of three score and ten [graphic]
2. Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 20 Apr. 1778.
- Call Number:
- 778.04.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abelard and Eloisa [graphic].
3. Justice Woodcock seated and his macaroni son ousted [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 108. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A man wearing his hat and holding his walking stick is seated in a chair before a fireplace enjoying the embrace of a lady seated to his right and with a high coiffure and feathered hat. A younger man with a tall egg-shaped toupée is being ushered out the door by another woman, perhaps a servant
- Description:
- Title from item., Monogram in lower left corner of image., Date of publication inferred from costume., Trimmed within plate mark; small hole in upper plate and folding and repairs to lower edge., and Bound in opposite page 108 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Justice Woodcock seated and his macaroni son ousted [graphic]
4. Lady Friz at her toilet [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [178-?]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.36+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- In an elegant bedroom a young woman sits at her dressing table looking at her reflection in the mirror. At her side is a barber with combs in his apron gestures at her image which shows the elaborate high hair of the fashion. Embroidered curtains hang over her canopied bed; the room is decorated with wallpaper and a patterned rug, curtains on the window, and a sash behing the dressing table
- Description:
- Title from item. and Date conjectured from costume.
- Publisher:
- Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Combs, Interiors, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, and Dressing tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Friz at her toilet [graphic].
5. Push pin [graphic]
- Creator:
- Lockington, John, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- pubd as the act directs, Aprl. 15 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.04.15.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Seated at a table before a fireplace, a fat woman with a mountainous headress faces an ugly man as they play a game of push-pin. On the right is a sofa, while on the wall behind them 2 portraits (male on left and female on right) hang in oval frames, and a scene depicting a dancing bear and two dancing couples hangs above the fireplace
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed in plate: R.S. [i.e. Richard Sneer] artist and J.L. [i.e. John Lockington?] engraver., and Inlaid to 27 x 37 cm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Couples, Games, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Push pin [graphic]
6. The accomplish'd maid [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [21 May 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.05.21.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A rather oversized woman with towering hairstyle is seated facing right, singing as she plays a piano. On the piano is a sheet of music entitled "Anna", with more music on the floor and books labelled "Scotch airs," "New songs", and "Cottilio." A small open cupboard is visible beneath the piano, with a small chair and embroidery frame behind the singer. A shelf of books hangs on the wall, together with a mirror and two landscapes
- Alternative Title:
- Accomplished maid
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed., Publisher's initials "MD" form a monogram., Numbered in plate at top: v. 2, 65., and Mounted on sheet 40 x 27 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly May 21, 1778 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Interiors, Singing, Cupboards, Bookcases, Pianos, and Hairstyles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The accomplish'd maid [graphic].
7. The modern corncutter [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 June] 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.06.01.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Lady with elaborate headdress sitting in chair in front of a sofa holds an open book (The whole duty of man) in her left hand and pulls up her skirts with the right, while a kneeling man in a pigtail wig and wearing a sword examines her left foot as it rests on a footstool. In his right hand he holds her shoe, his tools on the floor next to him, his hat behind
- Description:
- Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark at top edge., and First (?) state of no. 4638 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. June 1 by M Darly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Foot, Care and hygiene, Couples, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Interiors, Feet, Sofas, and Hairstyles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The modern corncutter [graphic].
8. The old usurer detected, or, The bond canceled [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- June 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.06.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Just inside the open door on the left a man in military coat, with sword in hand angrily confronts an old bewigged man who rests on one knee near a small table and holds a paper inscribed "Wm. Day bond 100". Another man restrains the first, while two women occupy the background, one, probably a servant, holding a pocket watch
- Alternative Title:
- Bond canceled
- Description:
- Title from item., At top of plate: London Mage. June 1775., and Probably from the London Magazine.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Usury, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Hairstyles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old usurer detected, or, The bond canceled [graphic].
9. The studious beauty [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the Act directs [1 January 1778?]
- Call Number:
- 778.01.01.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young lady sits reading a book, her right elbow resting on a table on which lie two other volumes. Behind her is a drapery swathed column and an open window through which a rose bush and trees are visible. A large pot of geraniums stands before the window. The young lady wears a black hat with a blue ribbon at the back, an open robe with a large breast knot over a patterned fringed skirt. Over her robe is a striped apron and her shoes are buckled, two-tone with Italian heels
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publication date erased from this impression., Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v.5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles." See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, and Numbered in lower left of plate "371".
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Reading, Hats, Aprons, Interiors, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The studious beauty [graphic].