A woman nearly half-length is shown facing right, wearing a large bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, with ruffled ribbons hanging down behind. A large bow adorns her bodice. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman is shown bust length, facing left, wearing a large hat after the bergère pattern, adorned with ribbons and ostrich plumes. Her shoulders are draped with a neckerchief tied with a bow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman is shown nearly half-length and facing front, her right hand holding a book and resting on a chair back. Her upswept hair is swathed turban-like in a large piece of striped cloth. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman shown half-length is seated in a chair, her left arm on a table and facing right. She wears a bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, adorned with a wide ribbon, tied in a bow in the front Her floral printed dress is ruffled around the neck and th...
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
Leaf 107. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Plate 3 of a series of courtesans, see British Museum Satires No. 5177. A young woman in profile to the right wearing an elaborate cap, the frill of which conceals her eye. Her chin is patched. Her hair is fashionably dressed, her dress cut low; she ...
Alternative Title:
Nun of the sixth class
Description:
Title from earlier state.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Courtesans, Prostitutes, and Hats
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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