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41.
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 veg...
Alternative Title:
Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady, Featherd lady, and Feathered lady
Description:
Title etched below image.
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].

42.
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].

43.
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].

44.
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].

45.
The vis a vis bisected, or, The ladies coop [graphic].

Published / Created:
[25 May 1776]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 6. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a closed carriage made visible by being bisected longitudinally. In it two young ladies of pleasing appearance sit face to face in profile, apparently on the floor, or on very low seats, to make room for their monstrous mounds of hair...
Alternative Title:
Vis-à-vis bisected, or, The ladies coop and Ladies coop
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, May 25, 1776, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Fans (Accessories), and Crowns
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The vis a vis bisected, or, The ladies coop [graphic].

46.
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].

47.
The cork rump, or, Chloe's cushion [graphic].

Published / Created:
[19 November 1776]
Call Number:
776.11.19.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full length view of a young woman standing in profile looking to the right and front. Her hair forms an enormous pyramid and at its apex is pinned a frilled cap with long streamers of lace and ribbon. On the projection at the back of her skirt sits a...
Alternative Title:
Chloe's cushion
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd Novr. 19, 1776 by J. Walker, No. 13 Parliament St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Skirts, Hairstyles, Dogs, Hats, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The cork rump, or, Chloe's cushion [graphic].

48.
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].

49.
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]

50.
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].

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