A Becoming Headdress

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A Becoming Headdress — New and becoming style of head-dress, invented by Aunt Isabel and much appreciated in the nursery.

Artist

Name:: Du Maurier, George
Dates:: 1834-1896
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor, People
Technique:: Wood engraving
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: Punch, vol. 52
Author(s):: Collective work
Publisher:: London: Punch Publications Ltd, 1867
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A woman stands in front of a fireplace with a little girl sitting on her head, whom she holds by the hands.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, carefree, child, female, periodical, Punch, Victorian