TITLE: Female curiosity CALL NUMBER: PC 3 - 1778 - Female curiosity (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-8771 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-86065 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: Cartoon showing a woman in her bedchamber with her maidservant; the woman, with her nightdress hiked up above her waist, braces herself against the bed with one knee while adjusting an enormous wig over her bare buttocks; the maidservant holds a mirror showing the woman's backside view for her to admire. On a table in the background is a bust, combs, and a brush for the wig; in the foreground, a cat with arched back hisses at the reflection in the mirror and a dog, its head hidden from view, investigates the woman's corset lying on the floor. The woman appears to be curious about how she will look to others if she wears the enormous wig. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : Published by W. Humphrey, 1778 Decr. 1st. NOTES: Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Curiosity--1770-1780. Wigs--1770-1780. Hairstyles--Great Britain--1770-1780. Grooming--1770-1780. Women--Clothing & dress--Great Britain--1770-1780. Buttocks--1770-1780. FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings British 1770-1780. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08771 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08771 (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b32582 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b32582 CONTROL #: 2001695202
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