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61.
The studious beauty [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd as the Act directs [1 January 1778?]
Call Number:
778.01.01.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young lady sits reading a book, her right elbow resting on a table on which lie two other volumes. Behind her is a drapery swathed column and an open window through which a rose bush and trees are visible. A large pot of geraniums stands before the ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Reading, Hats, Aprons, Interiors, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The studious beauty [graphic].

62.
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].

63.
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].

64.
This is something new [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 September 1777]
Call Number:
777.09.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depicts a young lady, fashionably dressed, walking and carrying an enormous parasol to cover her monumental hair, which is dressed in the extravagant heart-shaped style of the period, with curls on the sides, flowers and ostrich plumes at the top. She...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to Act of Part. Septr 1, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Umbrellas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > This is something new [graphic].

65.
Tight lacing, or, The cobler's wife in the fashion [graphic].

Published / Created:
[4 November 1777]
Call Number:
777.11.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In a cobbler's workshop a shoemaker has seized his wife by the arm and is about to beat her with a leather strap. Her partly laced stays are being tightened by the weight of the cobblers hammer. She wears her hair in the monumental fashion, and her hi...
Alternative Title:
Cobler's wife in the fashion and Cobbler's wife in the fashion
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 4th 1777 by Wm. Hitchcock No.5 Birchin Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Corsets, Fashion, Wife abuse, Couples, Shoemakers, Workshops, Hairstyles, Clothing & dress, Furniture, and Interiors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Tight lacing, or, The cobler's wife in the fashion [graphic].

66.
Two ladies in the newest dress from drawings taken at Ranelagh, May 1775. [graphic]

Published / Created:
June 1, 1775.
Call Number:
775.06.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Elegantly coiffed and dressed lady faces to the right holding fan, while behind her and facing away stands another woman with a similar dress and hair style
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published by G. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Clothing & dress, and Hairstyles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Two ladies in the newest dress from drawings taken at Ranelagh, May 1775. [graphic]

67.
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].

68.
[A lady abbess of the 1st class] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[30 March 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 5 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177, the title here implying that the subject is the keeper of a brothel. A woman in profile to the right. of dignified and refined appearance. Her hair is fashionably dressed over a ...
Alternative Title:
Lady abbess of the first class
Description:
Title from earlier state.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, March 30, 1773, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Prostitution
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A lady abbess of the 1st class] [graphic].

69.
[A nun of the 2d class] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. A woman in profile to the right wearing a cap whose frill conceals her eye and much of her cheek."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Nun of the second class
Description:
Title from earlier state.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Hats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A nun of the 2d class] [graphic].

70.
[A nun of the 3d class] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 January 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 108. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 6 of a series of courtesans: In all, the design is in an oval, enclosed in an oblong of the same dimensions, the oval and the rectangle being differentiated by engraved lines of different patterns. A young woman in profile to the right, her hai...
Alternative Title:
Nun of the third class
Description:
Title from earlier state.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Earrings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [A nun of the 3d class] [graphic].

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