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1. Changez moi cette tête [graphic].

Published / Created:: [19 January 1784]
Call Number:: 784.01.19.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on the changing fashions for women, with women in a shop buying new heads, backsides, legs etc."--British Museum online catalogue and Interior of a crowded shop, with shelves of elaborately-coiffed human heads. A sword lies on the floor, evidently having been employed to behead a lady who stands having her new head put in place by a shop assistant. Next to her is another lady having her head struck off by a man wielding mallet and chisel. On the far right a tall lady appears to be shopping for false bosoms and derrières. The doors to the shop bear signs "Avis au public: Têtes a changer." With 18 lines of French verse below design
Description:: Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. by H. Humphrey, Jany. 19, 1784 No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Topic):: Hairstyles, Decapitations, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Changez moi cette tête [graphic].

2. La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 May 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.2 x 24.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

3. La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 May 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.6 x 25.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 73 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

4. La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [4 May 1784]
Call Number:: 784.05.04.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., and Watermark upper right corner: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > La politesse franc̦oise, or, The English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador [graphic].

5. Paysanne de la Maurianne [graphic]

Creator:: Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 July 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 21. Bunbury
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young woman is seen from behind, walking away from the viewer with her head turned to the left. A boy holds her right hand and a smaller girl holds her left hand. An instrument hangs from a strap around her shoulders. On the rise above her to the right is a house, and a town is visible in the distance on the left
Description:: Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 25 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:: Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: France.
Subject (Topic):: Peasants, Clothing & dress, Musical instruments, and Dwellings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Paysanne de la Maurianne [graphic]

6. Paysanne de la Maurianne [graphic]

Creator:: Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [10 July 1784]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Volume 2, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 21. Bunbury
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young woman is seen from behind, walking away from the viewer with her head turned to the left. A boy holds her right hand and a smaller girl holds her left hand. An instrument hangs from a strap around her shoulders. On the rise above her to the right is a house, and a town is visible in the distance on the left
Description:: Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 21 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 36.3 x 28.7 cm.
Publisher:: Publish'd July 10th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: France.
Subject (Topic):: Peasants, Clothing & dress, Musical instruments, and Dwellings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Paysanne de la Maurianne [graphic]