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New England Lasses
Slightly naughty, no? The original is at the American Antiquarian Society, where the date given is 1790-1810, based on the typography (the internal fashion references seem earlier).
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“Unsuspected Cat”
The Lewis Walpole Library provides endless amusement, and searching by subject yields some fun. People have had curious relationships with domestic pets for a centuries, and thank goodness cats...
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Muff-ed Up
Remember the Amazon? She has the dressed-up dog and the Muff of Doom. I’ve gotten a little obsessed with her, and that obsession has led to some interesting places. The Muff of Dooms Past. Poor minks....
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Les Oublies
Les Oublies. Le Bon Genre Plate 79: three ladies and a child look at a sundial in a garden, watched by a man. August 1815 Hand-coloured etching. British Museum 2003,U.14 I was first attracted to this...
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Tea Story
A tea party, or English manners and French politeness. Hand-colored etching on laid paper by Robert Cruikshank, 1835. Lewis Walpole Digital Library, 835.08.01.19 The story of the Frenchman who did not...
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Frivolous Friday: Comforts of a Rumpford
A companion pl. to BMSat 9813. A pretty young woman wearing a décolleté négligé, stands with her back to the fire, her gown raised to leave her posterior naked. She holds a book: ‘The Monk – a Novel by...
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Miss Juniper Fox
Miss Juniper Fox. [London] : Pub. by MDarly 39 Strand, Mar. 2, 1777.Lewis Walpole Library , 777.03.02.01. If you’re not wearing an inverted rooster held down by two foxes on your head, you’re not...
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Whimsical Whiskered Wednesday
A quintetto. Musical Amateurs. Hand colored etching by Piercy Roberts, after George Moutard Woodward, 1803. British Museum1981,U.199 E’en Age itself is cheard with Music. It wakes a glad Remembrance of...
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