The Folly of 1771.

£1,800 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Very Rare - not in the British Museum. We have located only one other example of this print at the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale. A rare and unusual satire on the excesses of 18th-century women’s fashion. The woman at the centre of this image (who is shown reading) has her hair dressed so high that her attendant is for

• Year: 1771

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