The Vaux Hall demi-rep [graphic].

Copyright Date:

[20 August 1772]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 176 x 127 mm, on sheet 224 x 144 mm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner.

Abstract:

"A woman walking to the right and looking over her right shoulder. Her wrists are crossed; she holds between them a large sprigged handkerchief. She wears an elaborate ribbon-trimmed hat over a lace cap, a low bodice with a large nosegay and a cloak. A looped-up train shows a fairly short quilted petticoat. Her face is patched."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Vauxhall demirep

Topics:

Clothing & dress--England--1770-1780.
Corsages.
Handkerchiefs.
Hats.
Prostitutes.

Topics:

Darly, M. (Mary), publisher.

Caption:

leaf 58 right

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1772.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1772.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Source Title:

Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.

Call Number:

Folio 724 776D

Orbis Record:

11671243

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr37146c

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5027

OID:

16737678

PID:

digcoll:4711248