Finding aid Identity area
Reference code
JG/2/16
Title
Leaving off Powder, - or - A Frugal Family saving the Guinea
Date(s)
- 1851 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper.
Context area
Name of creator
(1756-1815)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Print by James Gillray, printed for publisher Henry G. Bohn and subsequently hand-coloured.
Depicts a family reacting to Pitt's new tax on hair-powder, being shocked at their looks without wigs.
Originally published 10 March 1795.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.