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51.
The city rout [graphic].

Published / Created:
May 20, 1776.
Call Number:
776.05.20.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A social gathering, in which two elaborately dressed and coiffed old ladies stand conversing in the center foreground, as a short footman of unprepossessing appearance carries in a tray loaded with a tankard and a triple stand of jelly glasses. In the...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. accog. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London
Subject (Topic):
Parties, Social life and customs, Hairstyles, Wigs, Servants, Clothing & dress, and Feathers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The city rout [graphic].

52.
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].

53.
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]

54.
The graces of Cox-heath [graphic].

Published / Created:
[5 November 1778]
Call Number:
778.11.05.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A goose-stepping officer carrying a javelin and a tricorne hat and wearing a pigtail queue marches towards the left in an outdoor setting. Coxheath was a military encampment
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 5, 1778 by Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Wigs, Spears, Military uniforms, British, Military officers, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The graces of Cox-heath [graphic].

55.
The green stall [graphic]

Published / Created:
July 1[?], 1777.
Call Number:
777.07.11.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Profile head of a woman facing left with her elaborate hair style occupying the upper two thirds of the print. Her monumental coiffure is decorated with vegetables, carrots and parsnips in particular, while from the top protrude a bunch of asparagus, ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Wigs, and Vegetables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The green stall [graphic]

56.
The modern corncutter [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 June] 1775.
Call Number:
775.06.01.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Lady with elaborate headdress sitting in chair in front of a sofa holds an open book (The whole duty of man) in her left hand and pulls up her skirts with the right, while a kneeling man in a pigtail wig and wearing a sword examines her left foot as i...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1 by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Foot, Care and hygiene, Couples, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Interiors, Feet, Sofas, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The modern corncutter [graphic].

57.
The new fashioned phaeton sic itur ad astra. [graphic]

Published / Created:
22d Feby. 1776.
Call Number:
776.02.22.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Phaeton and pair are stopped outside a town house, the box of the conveyance raised on an accordion-like mechanism to enable a lady to climb in from the second storey window. She is fashionably dressed with huge ostrich feathers in her enormous headdr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Carriages and carts, Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Balconies, Horses, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The new fashioned phaeton sic itur ad astra. [graphic]

58.
The old usurer detected, or, The bond canceled [graphic].

Published / Created:
June 1775.
Call Number:
775.06.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Just inside the open door on the left a man in military coat, with sword in hand angrily confronts an old bewigged man who rests on one knee near a small table and holds a paper inscribed "Wm. Day bond 100". Another man restrains the first, while two ...
Alternative Title:
Bond canceled
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Usury, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The old usurer detected, or, The bond canceled [graphic].

59.
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].

60.
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 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].

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