Creator: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, Britishafter Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British Title: The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady Date: 1776 Materials & Techniques: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper Dimensions: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (44.9 x 26.6 cm) Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering: Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "M. Darly (artist)" Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Copyright Status: Public Domain Accession Number: B1977.14.10990 Classification: Prints Collection: Prints and Drawings Subject Terms: vanity | dressing | macaronis | fruit | vegetables | fancy dress | fashion | patterns | satire | humor | servant | women | man | hair | feathers | genre subject | headdress | wigs | plumes | costume | carpet | stools | caricature | scissors Currently On View: Not on view Exhibition History: Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820 (Toledo Museum of Art, 2021-04-24 - 2021-07-25)Fashionable Follies (The Museums at Stony Brook, 1981-11-25 - 1982-01-31) Publications: Rare and wondrous : birds in art and culture, 1620-1820 , Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo : OH, p. 84-85, N7665 .R37 2021 (YCBA)Link: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29430