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The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady
Title
The preposterous head dress, or, The featherd lady [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, March 20, 1776.
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 35 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 38 x 27 cm
Notes
Title etched below image.
State without plate number. Cf. No. 5370 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.
Exhibited: "Preposterous Headdresses and Feathered Ladies" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, May - October 2003.
Summary
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 vegetables, several of which already adorn the first woman's hair.
Variant and related titles
Preposterous headdress, or, The featherd lady
Featherd lady
Feathered lady
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2004
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1776.
Etchings - England - London - 1776.
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