The Preposterous Headdress (Primary Title)
The Feathered Lady (Alternate Title)
Fashion Plate (Object Name)

Unknown (Artist)

19th century
English
Prints
Works On Paper
hand colored engraving on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed to plateline): 13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (35.24 × 24.77 cm)
Image: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (31.75 × 22.23 cm)
40.9.44
Not on view
Printed beneath image in center: The Preposterous Head Dress,/ or the Feathered Lady. Printed in lower left corner: Pub. by M Darly, 39 Strand March 20, 1716. Printed in upper left corner: 9. Inscribed in graphite lower right corner: #1. Inscribed in graphite on verso upper right: 1716.
Gift of Margaret Dashiell
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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