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71.
The five strange wonders of the world

Published / Created:: [between 1736 and 1763?]
Call Number:: Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Text begins: There are five strange wonders in the world. To hear a lawyer tell truth, to see a prodigal turn thrifty ..., In three columns with the title and four woodcuts above all columns; the columns are not separated by rules; the imprint is at the foot of the third column, below a single rule., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had, the greatest choice of histories, old and new ballads, patters, &c. better printed than at any other place., Mounted on leaf 44. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:: Printed and sold in Bow-Church-Yard, London
Subject (Topic):: Maxims, Horseback riding, Tobacco pipes, Dogs, Butcher shops, and Fans (Accessories)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The five strange wonders of the world

72.
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. These are decorated with feathers, flowers, vegetables, &c. as in British Museum Satires No. 5370. One (right) holds a paper inscribed "Pantheon 3d Subscription", the other holds a fan. The roof of the carriage is ornamented with two ducal coronets."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:: Vis-à-vis bisected, or, The ladies coop and Ladies coop
Description:: Title etched below image., Later state, with "Strand" added at end of imprint statement. For an earlier state lacking this publisher's street address, see no. 5373 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: ?Devonshire, Georgiana (Spencer) Cavendish, Duchess of, 1757-1896 -- Walpole, Horace, Earl of Orford, 1717-1797, prints, NYPL 116 -- Interior of vis-à-vis -- Females headdress, 1776 -- Female costume, 1776: Theatre dress -- Ducal coronets -- Subscription tickets: 'Pantheon 3d Subscription' -- Theatres: Allusion to Pantheon, No. 359 Oxford Street., and On leaf 6.
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].