The wig [graphic] / design'd by an amateur ; Js. Gillray fect.

Published/Created:

London
Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
[26 February 1810]

Copyright Date:

[26 February 1810]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 22.1 cm, on sheet 35 x 26 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11609
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 370
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive ac

Notes:

Title etched below image, following series title and preceding plate number.
Second of three prints in a series entitled: Progress of the toilet.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.

Abstract:

"The lady sits facing her reflection in a pier-glass. She wears a plain muslin gown with long sleeves and holds an open book: 'Delphine'. Her hair is cropped; the maid holds the brown wig with tight curls which she is about to place on her mistress's head. The dressing-table has been pushed to the left; the end remaining in view is covered with bottles of 'Honey Water', 'Eau de Cologne', 'Otto de Rose', and 'Esprit de . . .', &c. On a plain table beside the maid (right) are an open box labelled 'Ross's Elastic Wigs' [cf. No. 11597], a bottle of 'Huile Antique', two small combs, and a tiny hair-brush. The doors of the book-case are open showing volumes inscribed 'Tales of Wonder' [see No. 9932], 'Fashionable . . . Me . . .', 'Faublais' [two], 'Uncle Thoma[s]', 'Rosa Matilda'. The picture on the wall is 'Noon', a lady walking with an open parasol. In the foreground are an open coffer with a garment hanging from it, the lap-dog sleeping on a stool, an open music-book, 'Opera Dances', with pan-pipes. On a chair are a cloak and large cylindrical bonnet. Another table stands against the wall, heavy and ornate, supported on pilasters like a chimney-piece. On it is a different vase of flowers from that in No. 11608."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Progress of the toilet
Progress of the toilet ; plate 2

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1810
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1810

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

810.02.26.02

Orbis Record:

9180793

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr12222

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10969031

PID:

digcoll:974779