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Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British, The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady, 1776
- Title:
The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (44.9 x 26.6 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 inches (35.3 x 25 cm), Image: 12 9/16 x 9 inches (31.9 x 22.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "M. Darly (artist)"
Lettered, lower center: "The PreposterousHead Dress, | or the Feathered Lady."; lower right: "Pub,, by MDarly. 39 Strand march, 20, 1776."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10990
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | carpet | costume | dressing | fancy dress | fashion | feathers | fruit | genre subject | hair | headdress | humor | macaronis | man | patterns | plumes | satire | scissors | servant | stools | vanity | vegetables | wigs | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29430
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