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1. 1812, or, Regency a la mode [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.00.00.129+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A toilet scene. The Regent stands in profile to the right at his dressing-table, rouging his cheek with a small brush. An attendant, resembling McMahon, laces the stays which in front resemble a waistcoat; he tugs at the lace, standing on a low stool, using one foot as a fulcrum against his master's posterior (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8287), a small buffer ornamented with goats' heads being attached to this foot. On the oval mirror which reflects the Prince's face sits a monkey, holding on its head a wig with a pyramid of curls above the forehead with large side-whiskers attached. The Prince's hair is similarly arranged. The Prince's tail-coat, in back view, is spreadeagled on a stand. On an ornate wall-bracket inscribed 'Bills' and 'Recetts' are two ornamental files, one filled with bills: 'hatters Bill', 'Poulterers Bill', 'Fishmongers B', 'Hair Dresser', 'Taylors Bill', 'Butchers Bill', 'Docters Bill', 'Silve smiths Bill'; the other empty. A bracket-clock, surmounted by a figure of Time shearing a triple ostrich plume, points to two o'clock (reversed). A round wall-mirror and candle-sconce is surmounted by a figure of Bacchus bestriding a cask. On the dressing-table are pots and jars of 'Tooth Powder', 'Rouge', 'Otto of Roses', and 'Secilian Wash for the Skin'. On the floor is a book, 'The Stripes Poem', which a small dog shaved like a poodle is befouling."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Regency a la mode
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Imprint statement burnished from plate and mostly illegible; it appears to begin "Pub. Feb. 1st [...?]"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Laid down on modern laid blue-grey THS Kent paper. Mounted to 49 x 36 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, and Dionysus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Dressing tables, Cosmetics, Corsets, Stools, Mirrors, Monkeys, Wigs, Debt, Sconces, Clocks & watches, Dogs, and Urination
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > 1812, or, Regency a la mode [graphic]
2. A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [27 May 1824]
- Call Number:
- 824.05.27.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lady sits at a small dressing-table (left) doing her hair. She turns to answer an elderly servant in livery who proffers a large bone, saying (words under the title): My Lord has sent your Ladyship a Bone to Pick! She answers: Tell him my Eldest Son is none of his, and there's a Bone for his Lordship to Pick!"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Two lines of dialogue below title: My lord has sent your Ladyship a bone to pick! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. May 27 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Dressing tables, Hairdressing, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Roland for an Oliver! [graphic]
3. A fashionable lady in dress & undress [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.00.00.81
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 14. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design partly bisected by a vertical line. The same lady sits (left) directed to the left at her dressing-table, wearing only a long chemise or petticoat, and slippers. On the right she sits, in the same attitude but directed to the right, fully dressed at the same dressing-table. In undress she is almost bald; a wig of naturally-dressed hair is on a stand on the table. She has an over-long neck and skinny arms. On the the table (left) are her fan, a locket suspended on a ribbon, cosmetic-boxes, and a bottle labelled 'Wrinkles'. When dressed her neck is concealed by a lace ruffle on a chemisette, she has long rucked sleeves, in her gloved hand is her fan. She wears a high-waisted gown under which her legs are defined; she wears elaborately embroidered stockings with flat slippers. Her wig seems to be luxuriant natural hair; she wears an ear-ring. On the dressing-table are boxes, a bottle of 'Lavender', and tickets inscribed 'Opera' and 'Cards'. She looks young and handsome, the dress (not exaggerated) effectively concealing her weakest points."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Fashionable lady in dress and undress
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Watermark: J Whatman 1805. check
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Wigs, and Cosmetics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fashionable lady in dress & undress [graphic]
4. A fashionable lady in dress & undress [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 14. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A design partly bisected by a vertical line. The same lady sits (left) directed to the left at her dressing-table, wearing only a long chemise or petticoat, and slippers. On the right she sits, in the same attitude but directed to the right, fully dressed at the same dressing-table. In undress she is almost bald; a wig of naturally-dressed hair is on a stand on the table. She has an over-long neck and skinny arms. On the the table (left) are her fan, a locket suspended on a ribbon, cosmetic-boxes, and a bottle labelled 'Wrinkles'. When dressed her neck is concealed by a lace ruffle on a chemisette, she has long rucked sleeves, in her gloved hand is her fan. She wears a high-waisted gown under which her legs are defined; she wears elaborately embroidered stockings with flat slippers. Her wig seems to be luxuriant natural hair; she wears an ear-ring. On the dressing-table are boxes, a bottle of 'Lavender', and tickets inscribed 'Opera' and 'Cards'. She looks young and handsome, the dress (not exaggerated) effectively concealing her weakest points."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Fashionable lady in dress and undress
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 14 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.7 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Wigs, and Cosmetics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A fashionable lady in dress & undress [graphic]
5. A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 14 Augst. 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.08.14.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady sits at her dressing table, her elaborate mountain of hair being combed by her equally coiffed hair-dresser who stands behind her. The lady turns to see her husband who has just entered the room in riding dress, his whip upraised. Behind him in the doorway, the housemaid, winking at the viewer, raises two fingers above his head. Two portraits hang on the wall in the background
- Alternative Title:
- Hint to the husbands and Dresser properly dressed
- Description:
- Title from item. and A reduced copy of no. 5467 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; tentatively attributed by George to P. Dawe.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Cuckolds, Couples, Hairdressing, Dressing tables, Boudoirs, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].
6. A hint to married men [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [12 May 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.05.12.24
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '207' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Trades: hairdressers.
- Publisher:
- Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Furnishings, Canopy beds, Furniture, Dressing tables, Chairs, Couples, Wallpapers, and Hairdressing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A hint to married men [graphic].
7. A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 September 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.09.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
- Publisher:
- Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].
8. A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darly, Mattina, active 1764-1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.05.01.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right, a lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile and wearing a morning gown, sits at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked 'Rouge', other toilet implements and a looking-glass on the table. Her hair is in a grotesquely caricatured erection, with side curls, intended to ridicule the fashions of the day; on the top of it is a hearse drawn by six horses, decorated with enormous ostrich-feathers. Similar feathers adorn the heads of the horses. On the left behind the lady, a skeleton stands at a rectangular table grasping with both hands an hour-glass whose sands have run into the lower glass out the bottom onto the table. On the table there is also a knife. The base of the skeleton's spine is transfixed by a large arrow. On the wall behind the lady's dressing-table is a portrait bust of a clergyman, in profile to the right (Dr. Wilson).
- Alternative Title:
- Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
- Description:
- Title from item., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 3, v.2.
- Publisher:
- Pub May 1, 1777 by MDarly 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Death, Hairstyles, Hearses, Skeletons, Hourglasses, Dressing tables, Clothing & dress, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world [graphic]
9. Buck metamorphos'd, or, Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1756]
- Call Number:
- 756.00.00.99+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Samuel Foote in character; whole length, standing, wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs; his outfit is scrutinized by two English gentlemen to the right; two men in background, one preparing a hat, bending over a dressing table with mirror."--British Museum online catalogue and On the back wall are two large framed pictures, both with scenes from mythology. On the left, Apollo with bow and arrow pursues Daphne who has begun the turn into a laurel tree. On the right, Leda and the swan
- Alternative Title:
- Buck metamorphosed and Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on the first performance of The Englishman returned from Paris, which premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in 1756., Probably published no later than 1760, when Robert Withy began trading on his own from a Cornhill address. His partnership with John Ryall, at the Fleet Street address listed here, is documented by prints and trade cards in the British Museum from the 1750s. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a probable reissue of this plate, published by C. Sheppard in the 1790s, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,60.14., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 231, no. 15., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Ryall & Robt. Withy, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
- Subject (Topic):
- Performances, Actors, British, Clothing & dress, Comedies, Muffs, Dressing tables, Paintings, Supernatural beings, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Buck metamorphos'd, or, Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris [graphic]
10. Dressing for the House on the - March 1829 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.03.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lyndhurst stands beside a dressing-table (left), in shirt-sleeves, wearing his Chancellor's wig. He puts one hand into the arm-hole of a coat which a footman in livery holds out, saying, 'Your Lordship's Coat is become very threadbare for you know you turned it only last year--& it has been turned before that: so I much doubt if it will bear turning any more-- Can't you afford to buy a new one now her Ladyship earns her own Expenses?-- Doodle pays all her bills and gives her every thing she can wish for.' Lyndhurst: 'Alas! she'll get no more out of Doodle! he has quite kicked her off--She is just now gone to Cumberland to try after a service there which perhaps may enable me to keep still sitting on Wool, if I can but turn this Coat once more & look decent.' On a settee (right) are the mace, Purse of the Great Seal, and the Chancellor's gown."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 24, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
- Subject (Name):
- Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Lyndhurst, Sarah Garay, Lady, 1795-1834., and Dudley, John William Ward, Earl of, 1781-1833.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dressing tables, Mirrors, Servants, Wigs, Coats, Ceremonial maces, and Robes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing for the House on the - March 1829 [graphic]
11. Dressing room à l'Anglaise [graphic]
- Creator:
- Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 April 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.04.07.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A domestic scene in a dressing room with a maid assisting a lady as she dresses, placing ornaments in her mistress's hair. A young girl sitting in a chair reads to a little boy who leans on her knee and looks lovingly into her face. A hat box rests on a high boy (left); another hat box and hair accessories sit on a table and chair to the right
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published April the 7th, 1789, by Ino. Matthews, No. 441 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Boudoirs, Boxes, Children, Clothes chests, Draperies, Dressing tables, Floor coverings, Hats, Reading, and Wallpapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing room à l'Anglaise [graphic]
12. Dressing room à la Française [graphic]
- Creator:
- Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 April 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.04.07.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Conversing.
- Publisher:
- Published April 7th, 1789, by Jno. Matthews, No. 441 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Boudoirs, Conversation, Draperies, Dressing tables, Guitars, Floor coverings, Hats, Reading, and Wallpapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing room à la Française [graphic]
13. Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1814?]
- Call Number:
- 814.00.00.41
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A hairdresser stands on stilts to dress the hair of a lady who sits before her mirrored vanity, her fee outstretched and resting on a foot stool. He pulls her long hair high above her head to its full length is taut as he twists to style it. She holds the sides of her head in pain. His coat is tossed on the chair to the left. On her vanity are a pin cushion, bottles, and ribbons. The mirror is supported but two female figures in classical dress and adorned with two cherubs at the top who hold a laurel wreath
- Description:
- Title etched below image., After Louis Gameray and published by Pierre La Mésangère. See British Museum online catalogue registration number: 1861,1012.197., Series title and number etched above image, Dated in the British Museum catalogue: 1814., and Pierre La Mésangère, located on rue Montmatre in Paris.
- Publisher:
- La Mésangère
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Paris
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Pride, and Stilts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Faut apprendre à souffrir pour être Belle [graphic].
14. La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745
- Creator:
- Surugue, Louis, approximately 1686 -1762, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Allegorical scene with Decrepitude as an old woman in extravagant costume putting another beauty spot on her face and looking at her reflection in a mirror on a washstand, while Madness personified by young woman with fool's bauble hanging from a sash is helping her getting dressed; above them, Cupid flying with arrow in his hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., See no. 2211 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and On page 72 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Chez L. Surugue graveur du roy ruë des Noyers, attenant le Magazin de Papier vis-a-vis St. Yves, A.P.D.R.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- Ward, John, 1678-1758
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Aging, Clothing & dress, Cupids, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Mirrors, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La folie par la décrépitude des ajustemens de la jeunesse [graphic] / peint au pastel par Ch. Coypel ; gravé par L. Surugue end 1745
15. 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].
16. Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].
- Creator:
- Crowquill, Alfred, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 1825.
- Call Number:
- 825.09.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An effeminate dandy, elongated and with very thin arms and legs, leans back in a chair, one thin arm drooping to the ground, the other curving over his head, his fingers caressing a curl on his forehead. He gazes sideways with a languishing smile at his reflection in the toilet-table glass. He has a thread-like moustache, blue tail-coat with high collar and sleeves, a rose in the button-hole, a white collar and cravat, white waistcoat with a long gold watch-chain round the neck, long light pantaloons, tight from the knee, full at the waist; low pumps with very-pointed toes. On the dressing-table are brush and comb, stoppered bottle, &c, and long tube-like bottle (of Eau de Cologne). Behind (right) on a similar chair a monkey squats admiring its face in a hand-glass. The room is bare, but carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Exquisite at his devotions
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Crowquill from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper edge.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by E. King 23 Chancery Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, Dressing tables, Mirrors, Monkeys, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].
17. Monsr. Alexandre in The rogueries of Nicholas [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [22 January 1825]
- Call Number:
- 825.01.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene from a play: a soldier admired by a lady at her dressing table stands before a table of heads and ghosts, with an elderly couple to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Monsieur Alexandre in The rogueries of Nicholas
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 3s."--Below image in lower right., and Matted to 39 x 48 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 22nd Jany. 1825 by Wm. Heath at the new Panorama, 15 Grafton St., Dublin, and Henry Heath, London
- Subject (Name):
- Alexandre, Nicholas Marie,
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, Dressing tables, Ghosts, Nuns, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Monsr. Alexandre in The rogueries of Nicholas [graphic]
18. See here presented to your view ... [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1799?]
- Call Number:
- 750.00.00.85+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from the first line of verse below image., Publication date from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of part of image and possibly title at top of plate., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See here presented to your view / A scene both frolicksome and true ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject.
- Publisher:
- Printed & sold by Henry Bryer, engraver & printseller, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bedrooms, Cross dressing, Dressing tables, Fireplaces, Interiors, Mirrors, and Prostitutes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > See here presented to your view ... [graphic].
19. The finishing touch [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 September 1791]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.4 x 17.6 cm, on sheet 30.8 x 20.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 8 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sepr. 29th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
- Subject (Topic):
- Boudoirs, Carriages & coaches, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Eyeglasses, Mirrors, Reflections, Riding habits, Sash windows, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The finishing touch [graphic].
20. The finishing touch [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 October 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.10.13.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A pretty young woman leans back in an arm-chair while a hairdresser applies paint to her face from a small box. She wears a morning-gown which leaves her breast much exposed. A woman (left) stands full-face behind her chair pouring out a glass of 'Hollands'. On the right is a dressing-table. L. & W., No. 127 (where the title continues, 'of an Impure's Face')."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue; original drawing is in the Huntington Library., No. 127 in Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdressers -- Female costume: morning dress -- Furniture -- Domestic service: woman-servant -- Beverages., and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend, top of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Published 13th Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Women domestics, and Wine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The finishing touch [graphic].
21. The finishing touch [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 September 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.09.29.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sepr. 29th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
- Subject (Topic):
- Boudoirs, Carriages & coaches, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Eyeglasses, Mirrors, Reflections, Riding habits, Sash windows, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The finishing touch [graphic].
22. The hero's return [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Feby. 22d, 1813.
- Call Number:
- 813.02.22.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A scene in the Empress's dressing-room. Marie Louise is horror-struck at the appearance of Napoleon who advances towards her in profile astride the back of a crawling Mameluke; he is held up by two other Mamelukes who support his arms and shoulders. He is terribly emaciated and appears moribund. He wears uniform; his legs, feet, and hands are swathed in bandages, his (former) ear and nose covered with black patches. The crawling Mameluke, presumably Roustan, holds out a bottle containing a pointed nose, and labelled 'Le Nez de l'Empereur'. Immediately behind Napoleon and his three supporters are two kneeling Mamelukes, each reverently holding a tasselled cushion supporting a bottle; one being labelled 'Les Doights [sic] de l'Empereur Napole . . .', the other, 'Les Oreilles de l'Empereur Napoleon'. Behind them (left) another Mameluke advances with a bottle labelled 'Les Doights du pied de l Empereur Bon . . .' The Mamelukes wear Turkish dress with turbans. Napoleon looks in tragic silence at his wife, who is seated in regal state but turns aside weeping with violent gestures of despair. A small terrestrial globe decorates her chair; her foot rests on a stool in the form of a flattened polar hemisphere on which the word 'Brit[ain]' is visible. Over her low-cut dress is an ermine-bordered robe clasped with a fleur-de-lis. She is supported by an emaciated court-lady, with a patched face, proffering a smelling-bottle, whose profile and a small crown show that she is one of Napoleon's sisters; two other ladies, wearing crowns, stand behind the Empress, registering consternation. A less conspicuous lady weeps. On the Empress's right kneels the Governess of the King of Rome, Mme de Montesquiou, holding the screaming child, and weeping noisily. He registers angry terror at the sight of his father; his little crown has fallen off. His features, though fore-shortened and distorted, resemble those of his father, cf. British Museum satires no. 11719. He wears an ermine-trimmed robe over his childish tunic and breeches. Behind the Governess is a draped dressing-table, the drapery decorated by a large fleur-de-lis, and the toilet boxes ornamented with crowns. A terrified monkey climbs up the mirror, clutching at the crown which surmounts it, and looking over its shoulder at the shocking spectacle presented by the Emperor. On the extreme right a lap-dog stands on a cushion barking furiously at Napoleon. On the ground on the extreme left are two large round coffers, one inscribed 'Coffre Pour la Bijoutère [sic] Russe', the other expectantly open. Voluminous draperies on the left and right, supported on the right by a pillar add to the regal character of the room."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Four lines of verse below title: Dishonest with lopp'd arms the man appears, spoil'd of his nose, and shorten'd of his ears. She scarcely knew him, striving to disown, his blotted form, and blushing to be known. Dryden's Virgil, Book Six.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by H. Humphrey, St. James's St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Russia. and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832, Piombino, Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, principessa di, 1777-1820, Bonaparte, Paolina, 1780-1825, Caroline Bonaparte, consort of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1782-1839, and Roustam, 1782?-1845
- Subject (Topic):
- Campaigns of 1813-1814, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Campaigns, Crowns, Dogs, Dismemberment, Dressing tables, Empresses, Ethnic stereotypes, Loss of consciousness, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hero's return [graphic]
23. The looking glass in disgrace [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.01.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elderly, sharp-featured virago, with skinny neck and muscular arms, sits directed to the right, furiously kicking and shaking her left fist at the old-fashioned looking-glass which stands on a muslin-covered dressing-table. The glass has been shattered by the curling-tongs which she holds in her right hand, and a broken hand-mirror lies on the floor. She wears old-fashioned stays laced over a petticoat, but her head-dress is complete; two tall feathers, with flowers and striped ribbon drapery, poised on unconvincing curls. On the dressing-table are fragments of mirror, large comb, tiny hair-brush, &c., bottles labelled 'Milk of Roses' and 'Olimpian Dew'. A bottle of 'Circassian Bloom' lies on the floor. The tall window is partly covered by a curtain hanging in festoons from above. Behind the chair is a shallow wooden tub."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: A Strassburg lily., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Companion print to: Looking glass in favour.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1805 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Older people, Mirrors, Dressing tables, Corsets, Anger, Feathers, Draperies, and Bottles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The looking glass in disgrace [graphic]
24. The macaroni a real character at the late masquerade / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dawe, Philip, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs July 3d 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.07.03.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A macaroni dressed in a grotesque exaggeration of the prevailing fashion. His hair is in a high pyramid with side curls, an enormous club hangs down his back. A small three-cornered hat is perched on the top of his hair. He wears a large nosegay. He stands in a mincing attitude by a toilet-table, draped with muslin on which are boxes and toilet jars, the latter inscribed "essence" and "Rose". The wall is panelled and ornamented with mouldings; the floor is carpeted and there are two cane-seated chairs of an unusual pattern [This probably represents the dress of 'Lord P-----' as a macaroni buck at the Pantheon masquerade of 12 May 1773. See 'Oxford Magazine', x. p. 179, where his dress is described]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
- Description:
- Title from item., State with letters, as described in the British Museum catalogue from a print not in the British Museum collection. For a proof state before letters, see No. 5221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1773 -- Macaronies -- Dressing room -- Furniture -- Carpet.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Interiors, Chairs, Floor coverings, and Dressing tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni a real character at the late masquerade / [graphic]
25. The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.03.20.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 27. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady seated at dressing table is attended by a hairdresser standing behind her on a stool, and arranging ostrich feathers in her towering coiffure. Her maid (?) also with her hair in an inverted pyramid, approaches carrying a basket of fruit and vegetables, several of which already adorn the first woman's hair
- Alternative Title:
- Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady, Featherd lady, and Feathered lady
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5370 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Feathers, and Hairdressing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady [graphic].
26. The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1776.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 27. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady seated at dressing table is attended by a hairdresser standing behind her on a stool, and arranging ostrich feathers in her towering coiffure. Her maid (?) also with her hair in an inverted pyramid, approaches carrying a basket of fruit and vegetables, several of which already adorn the first woman's hair
- Alternative Title:
- Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady, Featherd lady, and Feathered lady
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5370 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., On leaf 27., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet mutilated in lower right corner with loss of year from end of imprint statement.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Feathers, and Hairdressing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady [graphic].
27. The toilet [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs 24 July, 1786.
- Call Number:
- 786.07.24.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Young woman sitting before a dressing table, her face showing in an oval mirror. There are hairpins strewn about and small boxes with cosmetics on the table
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer, map and printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dressing tables, Wallpapers, Rugs, Hairdressing, Dressing and grooming equipment, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The toilet [graphic].
28. The utility of cork rumps 1777, [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1777]
- Call Number:
- 777.06.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed young woman stands before the mirror on her dressing table, a box of pins in her hand. Standing behind her on her huge bustle or "cork rump", her bespectacled hairdresser arranges her mountainous headdress, consisting of rows of curls on the sides and topped by rows of vegetables with ostrich plumes at the summit. A maid carrying a basket of feathers and vegetables approaches on the right
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd the act directs June 9, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Skirts, Dressing tables, Interiors, Women domestics, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The utility of cork rumps 1777, [graphic].
29. Tight lacing, or, Hold fast behind [graphic] / MD [monogram].
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 1, 1777.
- Call Number:
- 777.03.01.04+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A small-waisted lady with towering coiffure topped by a beribboned hat stands in her boudoir holding onto post of canopy bed, as her footman, bracing his foot on her rump, tightens her stays. A decorative carpet is visible underfoot, and her dressing table may be seen to the left
- Alternative Title:
- Hold fast behind
- Description:
- Title from item., MD of publisher's name form a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 29, V. 2.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by M Darly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Corsets, Fashion, Hairstyles, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Beds, Bedrooms, and Dressing tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Tight lacing, or, Hold fast behind [graphic] / MD [monogram].
30. [Hairdressing] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 3d Feby. 1787.
- Call Number:
- 787.02.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lady sits full-face behind a dressing-table, an open book in her hand, while a hairdresser (left) curls her hair with tongs; a cloud of smoke shows that her hair is burning, her expression shows that it is painful. She wears a dressing-gown. Beside her (right) stands another woman, her mouth open as if singing. The hairdresser stands legs astride with an expression of fierce determination. Two combs are stuck in his hair. The two side-flaps of the small folding dressing-table are open, and the small mirror stands in the centre. On the table are toilet boxes and a tress of hair. Above the design is etched a quote from George, Lord Lyttleton's Song: "Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain, The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never felt a pain."'--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Alas by some degree of woe, we every bliss must gain
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue. and Artist identified as C.M. Fanshawe in the British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by Js. Bretherton
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Dressing tables, Hairdressing, and Hairstyles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Hairdressing] [graphic].
