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1.
Susanna and the elders [graphic]

Creator:
W. B., printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.04.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young lady, fashionably dressed with the big hair style of the day, walks along a park pathway, towards two elderly gentlemen, one tall and thin, the other quite stout, who approach her from the left. She turns back to the right to smile at another ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to Act of Parlt. May 4, 1777, by I. Lockington, Shug Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Walking, and Benches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Susanna and the elders [graphic]

2.
Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [graphic]

Creator:
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, printmaker
Published / Created:
Apl. 15, 1776 [not before 16 May 1776]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 C46 776
Collection Title:
After page 16. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, attending her trial for bigamy. The maids of honour hold a bottle marked "cordial". They are followed by a fat chaplain, a physician with a bigwig and sword, and a lean apothecary with a big enema syringe
Description:
Elizabeth Chudleigh married the Hon. Augustus John Hervey secretly in 1744; the marriage was not registered until 1759. In 1769 a consistory court declared her unmarried, after which she married Evelyn Pierrepoint, 2nd Duke of Kingston, in 1770. She w...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Physicians, pharmacists, physicians, chaplains, Chaplains, Trials (Bigamy), Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Wigs, Medical equipment & supplies, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [graphic]

3.
Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [graphic]

Creator:
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, printmaker
Published / Created:
Apl. 15, 1776.
Call Number:
776.04.15.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Seven figures walking toward the right, the Duchess of Kingston leading the way and uttering the words "By God and ...", with three fashionably dressed young women behind her, one carrying a bottle labelled "Cordial." Following them are a very corpule...
Description:
On lower right beneath design: "Price 1 sh."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Wigs, Pharmacists, Physicians, and Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [graphic]

4.
Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [graphic]

Creator:
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779, printmaker
Published / Created:
Apl. 15, 1776 [not before 16 May 1776]
Call Number:
Print00020
Collection Title:
After page 16. Trial of Elizabeth duchess dowager of Kingston for bigamy, before the Right
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, attending her trial for bigamy. The maids of honour hold a bottle marked "cordial". They are followed by a fat chaplain, a physician with a bigwig and sword, and a lean apothecary with a big enema syringe
Description:
Elizabeth Chudleigh married the Hon. Augustus John Hervey secretly in 1744; the marriage was not registered until 1759. In 1769 a consistory court declared her unmarried, after which she married Evelyn Pierrepoint, 2nd Duke of Kingston, in 1770. She w...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 and Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Physicians, pharmacists, physicians, chaplains, Chaplains, Trials (Bigamy), Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Wigs, Medical equipment & supplies, and Clergy
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Iphigenia's late procession from Kingston to Bristol [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, ...
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Couples, Games, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Push pin [graphic]

6.
Steel buttons Coup de bouton / [graphic] =

Creator:
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In a park with trees, a fashionably dressed man and woman encounter each other near the footpath. The man wears a sword, large shoe-buckles, and enormous buttons which flash at the lady who recoils from their brightness. She is dressed in a tight-wais...
Alternative Title:
Coup de bouton
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 April, 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Buttons (Fasteners), Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Steel buttons Coup de bouton / [graphic] =

7.
[Margery Inkle dressing her hair] [graphic]

Creator:
Hibbart, William, 1725-1808, printmaker
Published / Created:
30 Dec. 1776, as the act directs.
Call Number:
49 3069
Collection Title:
Opposite half-title page. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Margery in stays and petticoat seated before her dressing-table holds the monstrous erection on her head. Her father, Inkle, seated on a chair (right), watches in astonishment. A maid stands by an open door (left) holding the cock which has been robb...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. by C. Anstey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Corsets, Dressing tables, Roosters, Feathers, and Cats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Margery Inkle dressing her hair] [graphic]

8.
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 profusio...
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]

9.
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 ...
Alternative Title:
Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
Description:
Title from item.
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]

10.
The historians [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Mattina, active 1764-1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.01.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile sits at a table opposite a clergy man (Dr. Wilson) as she writes with a quill pen. The walls are lined with full bookshelves separated in the middle by a fireplace with a mantelpiece on which s...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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):
Bookcases, Clergy, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The historians [graphic]

11.
Long corks, or, the bottle companions [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.11.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two elderly ladies are seated facing each other, the one on the left extremely fat and the one on the right very thin. Both display the extravagantly tall hairstyles of the day, topped by ostrich plumes. They are each seated on a large cork which issu...
Alternative Title:
Bottle companions
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly April 11 1777, 39 Strand near York Buildings
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Skirts, Bottles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Long corks, or, the bottle companions [graphic]

12.
The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 10, 1776.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 9. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half length front view of a woman with elaborate hairstyle occupying the upper two thirds of the plate. Garlands of flowers together with fruit and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
Mountain head dress of 1776 and Mountain headdress of 1776
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].

13.
The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 10, 1776.
Call Number:
776.04.10.01+
Collection Title:
Leaf 9. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half length front view of a woman with elaborate hairstyle occupying the upper two thirds of the plate. Garlands of flowers together with fruit and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
Mountain head dress of 1776 and Mountain headdress of 1776
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The extravaganza, or, The mountain head dress of 1776 [graphic].

14.
The ladies contrivance, or, The capital conceit [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.30.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two sedan chairs, borne by liveried chairmen, are about to pass each other on a cobbled street. In the chair on the left, the roof has been elevated to accommodate the enormous, ostrich-plume topped headdress of a lady. The head of a man is visible in...
Alternative Title:
Capital conceit
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 30, 1777 by M. Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Sedan chairs, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ladies contrivance, or, The capital conceit [graphic]

15.
The siege of cork [graphic]

Creator:
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 11, 1777.
Call Number:
777.04.11.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a landscape with trees in the rear, a young woman with extremely tall coiffure augmented at the top by 3 ostrich plumes, runs towards the right, pursued by 9 winged flying bottles evidently aimed at the "cork rump" which fills out the back of her s...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by M Darly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Skirts, Bottles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The siege of cork [graphic]

16.
Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic]

Creator:
Adams, F. E., printmaker
Published / Created:
[11 October 1779]
Call Number:
779.10.11.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In avenue of trees beside a rail-fence, an old farmer's wife (right), wearing spectales and dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs, 11th October 1779 by Robert Wilkinson, at No. 58 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic]

17.
A Pantheon no. rep. [graphic].

Published / Created:
[3 March 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 70. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a lady, standing in profile to the left. In her right hand she holds a ticket inscribed "PANTHEON admit Lady No. Rep". She resembles portraits of Mrs. Baddeley and appears to be regarding her Pantheon ticket with a complacent...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, March 3d, 1772, according to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Baddeley, Sophia, 1745?-1786
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Pantheon no. rep. [graphic].

18.
A Scotch reel [graphic].

Published / Created:
July 11, 1776.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 5. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two couples dancing a reel. The ladies wear the monstrous feathered coiffures then fashionable, see British Museum Satires No. 5370, &c. The man on the left is short, ungainly, and very fat, he walks rather than dances. The other man dances with ener...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dance, and Couples
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Scotch reel [graphic].

19.
A lady in the newest full dress and another in the most fashionable undress [graphic].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1778]
Call Number:
778.00.00.08
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an outdoor setting before arches and columns, an elegantly coiffed and dressed lady faces to the right holding a fan, while in the foreground stands another woman wearing a bergère hat and shawl
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Hats, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A lady in the newest full dress and another in the most fashionable undress [graphic].

20.
A macaroni waiter [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 87. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A waiter carrying a tea tray and kettle, with a napkin under his arm and his hair in a large bun."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Decr. 11, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dandies, British, Waiters, Trays, and Kettles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni waiter [graphic].

21.
A macaroni waiter [graphic].

Published / Created:
[11 December 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.5 plate 5
Collection Title:
Leaf 87. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A waiter carrying a tea tray and kettle, with a napkin under his arm and his hair in a large bun."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Decr. 11, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dandies, British, Waiters, Trays, and Kettles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni waiter [graphic].

22.
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. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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].

23.
Betty the cook maids head drest [graphic].

Published / Created:
[13 June 1776]
Call Number:
776.06.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A young woman under an enormous heart-shaped coiffure. In the topmost section of her hair is a kitchen fireplace with meat roasting on a spit, and a monkey in a fool's cap sitting on the chimney admiring itself in a mirror. On either side of the hair ...
Description:
Verse in lower margin: The taste at present all may see, but none can tell what is to be. Who knows when Fashion's whims are spread, but each may wear this kitchen head. The noddle that so vastly swells, may wear a fools cap hung with bells.
Publisher:
Pub. 13 June 1776 by W. Humphrey Gerrard Street Soho
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Women domesticss, Wigs, Hairstyles, Cooks, Cooking utensils, Fireplaces, Mops & mopsticks, Brooms & brushes, Dogs, Cats, Apes, Cheese, and Vegetables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Betty the cook maids head drest [graphic].

24.
Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19 October 1771]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 17. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman dances to the violin played by her dancing master while her proud mother looks on.
Alternative Title:
Frenchified young lady
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 19th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Boarding schools, Dandies, Dance, Musicians, Pets, and Draperies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

25.
Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19 October 1771]
Call Number:
771.10.19.01.1+
Collection Title:
Leaf 17. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young woman dances to the violin played by her dancing master while her proud mother looks on.
Alternative Title:
Frenchified young lady
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Oct. 19th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Boarding schools, Dandies, Dance, Musicians, Pets, and Draperies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Boarding school education, or, The Frenchified young lady [graphic].

26.
Bunkers Hill, or, America's head dress [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19 April 1776]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bunkers Hill, or, America's head dress [graphic].

27.
Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 May 1776]
Call Number:
776.05.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman facing right under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate London low-life on May Day, including pigs, a horse-drawn cart, street-vendors, chimney-sweeps, and a Jack-in-the-green
Alternative Title:
May day
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. May 1, 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Topic):
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775, May Day (Labor holiday), Social life and customs, Politics and government, History, Colonies, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Chimney sweeps
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bunters Hill, or, May day [graphic].

28.
Cupid's tower [graphic] .

Published / Created:
[1 March 1776]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 56. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lady (half length) in profile to the left with an enormous pyramid of hair in the fashion of the day. On the broad summit of the pyramid lies a miniature cupid fitting an arrow to his bow and about to aim in the direction in which the lady is looki...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1, 1776, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, and Cupids
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cupid's tower [graphic] .

29.
Dolefull Dicky Sneer in the dumps, or, The lady's revenge [graphic]

Published / Created:
Ap. 1, 1777.
Call Number:
777.04.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three woman and a man advance from the left with a blanket on which to toss an unsuspecting artist who is seated at the right side of the print. All display the excessive hair styles of the period. The individuals with the blanket appear to be charact...
Alternative Title:
Lady's revenge
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub by M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Cartoonists, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dolefull Dicky Sneer in the dumps, or, The lady's revenge [graphic]

30.
Fruit stall [graphic]

Published / Created:
July 11, 1777, no. 39 Strand.
Call Number:
777.07.11.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Profile head of a woman facing right with her elaborate hair style occupying the upper three quarters of the plate. Her monumental coiffure is decorated with fruits, including melons, pears, and grapes, with, a basket of peaches at the summit, and oth...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Wigs, and Fruit
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fruit stall [graphic]

31.
Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1779]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In avenue of trees, an old farmer's wife (right), dressed in black silk hat and mantle and muslin apron, starts back in astonishment at seeing her daughter (left) dressed in the extreme fashion of 1765-1775, with high hair and hat perching on top; to ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Daughters, Dogs, Hairstyles, Servants, and Mothers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Heyday! Is this my daughter Anne! [graphic].

32.
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 ou...
Description:
Title from item.
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]

33.
Lady all-top [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1776]
Call Number:
776.05.15.01
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Full length depiction of a fashionably dressed woman, a small dog under her left arm. Her head is topped by an enormous heart-shaped coiffure, garlanded with flowers and beads and surmounted by three ostrich feathers
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to Act of Parlt. May 15 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lady all-top [graphic].

34.
Macaroni courtship, or, The two insignificants [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple in profile, half-length, both the woman on the left and the man on the right smile at each other. Their hair is piled high on their heads in an elaborate style
Alternative Title:
Two insignificants
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd accord. to act, Feby. 1, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Wigs, and Couples
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macaroni courtship, or, The two insignificants [graphic].

35.
Macaroni courtship, or, The two insignificants [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.01.02
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple in profile, half-length, both the woman on the left and the man on the right smile at each other. Their hair is piled high on their heads in an elaborate style
Alternative Title:
Two insignificants
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd accord. to act, Feby. 1, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Wigs, and Couples
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Macaroni courtship, or, The two insignificants [graphic].

36.
Miss Hedgehog [graphic]

Published / Created:
[9 September 1777]
Call Number:
777.09.09.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An enormously obese woman in an elaborate dress with hooped skirt, her large mass of hair frizzed in a beehive shape. In her gloved left hand she holds a fan
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 9 1777 by MDarly ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Hedgehog [graphic]

37.
Miss shuttle-cock [graphic]

Published / Created:
Decr. 6. 1776.
Call Number:
776.12.06.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two men playing shuttlecock, an obese clergyman on the left and a gentleman in pigtail queue on right. Their airborne "shuttlecock" is a woman with the huge feathered coiffure of the day and the fashionable "cork rump" or bustle visible beneath her sk...
Alternative Title:
Miss shuttlecock
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816.
Subject (Topic):
Badminton (Game), Hairstyles, Badminton, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss shuttle-cock [graphic]

38.
Misss. Dumplin Ducktail and Tittup return'd from watering [graphic]

Published / Created:
July 13, 1778.
Call Number:
778.07.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Three women walking in profile to the right beside the sea or a lake. Their head-dresses are caricatures of the prevailing fashion. The foremost walks with a closed parasol on a long stick like a shepherdess's crook; in her right hand is a small bag ...
Alternative Title:
Misses Dumplin Ducktail and Tittup returned from watering
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly No. 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829.
Subject (Topic):
Health resorts, Mineral waters, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Umbrellas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Misss. Dumplin Ducktail and Tittup return'd from watering [graphic]

39.
Mr. Concave [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 August 1775]
Call Number:
775.08.01.03
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Head and shoulder profile caricature of clergyman in wig and bands, with face absurdly concave in shape, features accentuated by jutting chin and protruding hair
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1. 1775 by MDarly ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Concave [graphic].

40.
Noddle-island, or, Howe are we decieved [sic] [graphic]

Published / Created:
[12 May 1778]
Call Number:
778.05.12.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman facing left under an enormous coiffure. Within her hair several scenes illustrate the progress of the American war for independence. At the top, an American fort exchanges fire with British cannon. Flags over the fort bear images of a crossbow...
Alternative Title:
Howe are we decieved
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12, 1778 by M Darly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Boston (Mass.), Great Britain, United States, America., and England
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Politics and government, Colonies, Wigs, Military camps, Forts & fortifications, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Noddle-island, or, Howe are we decieved [sic] [graphic]

41.
Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 July 1776]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 7. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Rear view of a woman's elaborate hairstyle which culminates in a huge bonnet with ostrich plumes. A collection of fruits and vegetables is nestled among her curls, and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
View of the back settlements
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 9, 1776, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].

42.
Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].

Published / Created:
[9 July 1776]
Call Number:
776.07.09.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Rear view of a woman's elaborate hairstyle which culminates in a huge bonnet with ostrich plumes. A collection of fruits and vegetables is nestled among her curls, and feathers issue from within the monumental coiffure
Alternative Title:
View of the back settlements
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 9, 1776, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Wigs and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Oh heigh oh, or, A view of the back settlements [graphic].

43.
Petticoat government, or, The Scripture fulfilled [graphic]

Published / Created:
[ca. 1778]
Call Number:
778.00.00.43
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed woman with elaborate coiffure decorated with ribbons and ostrich plumes, holds a whip in the left hand and reins in the right, as she rides on the back of a corpulent man with horns. He leans on his walking stick, the reins in h...
Alternative Title:
Scripture fulfilled
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cuckolds, Couples, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Petticoat government, or, The Scripture fulfilled [graphic]

44.
Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].

Published / Created:
Nov. 6, 1776.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady with an enormous coiffure surmounted by hat with huge ostrich feathers brandishes a long whip as she drives her phaeton behind a pair of diminutive horses. The carriage is elevated on very high springs, and on its side bears a ducal coronet (a ...
Alternative Title:
Phaetona, or, Modern female taste and Modern female taste
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Horses, Clothing & dress, Hats, Hairstyles, Carriages & coaches, and Coach drivers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].

45.
Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].

Published / Created:
Nov. 6, 1776.
Call Number:
776.11.06.01+
Collection Title:
Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A lady with an enormous coiffure surmounted by hat with huge ostrich feathers brandishes a long whip as she drives her phaeton behind a pair of diminutive horses. The carriage is elevated on very high springs, and on its side bears a ducal coronet (a ...
Alternative Title:
Phaetona, or, Modern female taste and Modern female taste
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Horses, Clothing & dress, Hats, Hairstyles, Carriages & coaches, and Coach drivers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].

46.
Rotten-row, or, The fate of the tete [graphic]

Published / Created:
[16 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.16.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Image above 6 stanzas of explanatory poetry engraved in double columns. A balding lady on horseback in Hyde Park's Rotten Row loses her tête or head-dress to a gust of wind, as her horse bolts toward the right. Two other horsemen as well as a gardene...
Alternative Title:
Fate of the tête
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, 16th April 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Hyde Park (London, England) and England
Subject (Topic):
Wigs, Horseback riding, Hairstyles, and Accidents
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Rotten-row, or, The fate of the tete [graphic]

47.
The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs [...?] [1772?]
Call Number:
42 W67 852B
Collection Title:
Volume 2, after page 270. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in riding dress stands on the right, bending forward to take the hand of a young woman on the left, who leans away from him. He wears spurred top-boots and holds a whip in his left hand; a long queue protrudes from under his hat. The woman has a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Dandies, British, Riding habits, Whips, Boots, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Newmarket macaroni [graphic].

48.
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 smal...
Alternative Title:
Accomplished maid
Description:
Title from item.
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].

49.
The back-side of a front row [graphic]

Published / Created:
Jany. 1, 1777.
Call Number:
777.01.01.05+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Rear view of seven individuals seated on a bench, two of them men, one with a clerical wig and the other a pigtail queue, perhaps a caricature of the artist. The women exhibit elaborate hairstyles, pinched waists and cork bustles of the period
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The back-side of a front row [graphic]

50.
The city rout [graphic].

Published / Created:
May 20, 1776.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 28. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Persons standing in conversation at a party. The principal figures are two elaborately dressed ladies of plebeian, elderly, and unattractive appearance who face each other; one holds a card, the other a fan. Their hair is awkwardly dressed in the eno...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accog. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London
Subject (Topic):
Parties, Social life and customs, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Wigs, Fans, Servants, and Feathers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The city rout [graphic].

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