Title

'The Optic Curls', 18th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'The Optic Curls', 18th century. Gentleman theatre goers use one of their female companion's elaborate curls as opera glasses. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C24_417

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (9,5Mb) / 11,6in x 16,8in / 3470 x 5032 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male interior looking man men fashion entertainment audience box guy theatre watching spectator clothes British feathers feather dress hair opera elaborate century Britain silly hairstyle lady concept curl curly B&W curls MONOCHROME opera glasses hairdressing ostrich feather black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector theatre-goer George theatre goer satire ostrich feathers Unknown George Paston Paston Symonds Emily Morse Emily Morse Symonds George Paston satire