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L'eclipse / etchd by J. Barlow.

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L'eclipse / etchd by J. Barlow.

Published

[London] : Published as the Act directs, Feby 20, 1787. by H Humphrey N° 51 New Bond Stt, [1787]

etching, hand colored
sheet: 269 x 183 mm
Peel 2558
Notes
Beneath caption title: Dediée aux Astronomes, et aux Philosophes du dixhuitieme Steele par VA.
Printed in brown ink.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A lady stands full-face with an enormous fur muff which conceals her person completely except for her head and shoulders and the edge of her petticoats. On her much extended hair she wears a conical hat trimmed with a monstrous arrangement of ostrich feathers and the tail feathers of (?) a pheasant. Round her neck sprays of roses and other flowers are arranged. Cf. British Museum online catalog.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints