Park-character

“Standing whole length profile portrait of a man in an oval enclosed in a rectangle. He walks from left to right, his head thrown back, his stomach projecting. He wears spectacles, a looped hat, a large tie-wig, and holds a tasselled cane.”–British Museum online catalogue.

• Title:Park-character [graphic].
  
• Publication:[London] : Pub. Novr. 24, 1776, by MDarly, 39 Strand, [1 May 1777]

Catalog Record 

777.11.24.01

Acquired April 2018

At Exeter Cathedral

A large, masculine-looking woman with spectacles and a hat, stands before stool on which sits an open book of music. She holds in her right hand a baton which rests on the open page.

• Creator: Nixon, John, -1818, artist.
  
• Title: At Exeter Cathedral [art original] / J.N. 1809.
  
• Production: [England, 1809]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

Drawings N736 no. 5

Acquired August 2016

Topsy turvy print depicting the heads…..

Optical illusion, showing one head which, depending on whether it is turned, appear to be either bespectaled older woman or a young woman with an object around her neck.

• Title:[Topsy turvy print depicting the heads of both an old bespectacled woman and a young lady] [graphic].
  
• Publication:[Londo : Published Jany. 12, 1790, by I. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, London, 12 January 1790]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

790.01.12.01

Acquired July 2015