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21.
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]

22.
The feather'd fair in a fright [graphic]

Published / Created:
[July 1777?]
Call Number:
777.07.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a landscape setting, two young women fashionably attired, and with their elaborate hairstyles adorned with ostrich plumes, flee towards the left pursued by two angry and plucked ostriches. The foremost bird lunges at the feathers on the head of one...
Alternative Title:
Feathered fair in a fright
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Ostriches, Animal attacks, and Dogs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The feather'd fair in a fright [graphic]

23.
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 ...
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].

24.
Wolves in sheeps cloathing [graphic].

Published / Created:
[23 May 1777]
Call Number:
777.05.23.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Three clergymen, one wearing mortarboard and another with clerical bands are seated around a table, each holding a young woman on his lap. Two of the women, who appear to be prostitutes, are bare-breasted, and all wear their hair in the high heart-sha...
Alternative Title:
Wolves in sheeps clothing
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 23 May, 1777 by W. Humphrey, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergymen, Courtesans, Couples, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Wolves in sheeps cloathing [graphic].

25.
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]

26.
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]

27.
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]

28.
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]

29.
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] =

30.
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]

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