Leaf 56. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady (three-quarter length) in profile to the right. with the enormous coiffure of 1776-7 grotesquely exaggerated. Her hands are in a muff. Her inverted pyramid of hair supports three quasi-circular redoubts surrounded by cannon on which troops are...
Alternative Title:
America's head dress and America's headdress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 19 by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
United States and England
Subject (Topic):
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, History > Revolution, 1775-1783, Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Muffs, Soldiers, British, Flags, Apes, and Geese
A satire, divided into quarters, with four small scenes of different episodes of persons trying to collect their Christmas boxes. In the first square in the upper left, a plump supplicant in an apron holds out his hat to a scowling-faced man with a k...
Alternative Title:
Christmas boxes
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Wm. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Christmas, Social life and customs, Begging (Pleading), Cemeteries, Clergy, Dogs, Milestones, Muffs, and Obesity
"A promenade, with clouds added in watercolour as the only background; dandies are smoking cheroots and puffing out clouds of smoke. One stoops, puffing into a lady's face which is thus completely hidden; she staggers back; on an ascending cloud are t...
Alternative Title:
Costumes and customs of 1820
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 26, 1820 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Smoking, Muffs, and Hats
A couple, much caricatured, bow to each other as they meet on a pavement. The man is very tall with exaggerated long legs wears dandy costume with bell-shaped top-hat, and trousers strapped under high-heeled boots with spurs, his very thin cane is his...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 28th, 1818 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford St.
