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Inigo Barlow
L'eclipse / etchd by J. Barlow.
etching, hand colored
sheet: 269 x 183 mm
Peel 2558
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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.
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.
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