Object Number 1959.0098.020

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

THE PREPOSTEROUS HEAD DRESS,/ or the FEATHERED LADY.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Matthew Darly (Etcher and publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

March 20 1775 (1775-1775)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right;

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched

Dimensions (inches)

13.67 (H) , 9.7 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.73 (H) , 24.6 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate marks not available. Chain interval not measured.

Publisher Summary

Darly, Matthew

Publication Date

03/20/1775

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 65, pp.166-167.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 117, p. 185.