Hats From History

January 11, 2012

Wantonness Mask’d. A satire of a couple at a masquerade, the young man, on the left, has taken his mask off in his ardour, while the woman has not. 6th May 1771.
Hand-coloured mezzotint in the British Museum Collection.

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Hats from History

Wantonness Mask’d. A satire of a couple at a masquerade, the young man, on the left, has taken his mask off in his ardour, while the woman has not. 6th May 1771.
Hand-coloured mezzotint in the British Museum Collection.

Wantonness Mask’d. A satire of a couple at a masquerade, the young man, on the left, has taken his mask off in his ardour, while the woman has not. 6th May 1771.Hand-coloured mezzotint in the British Museum Collection.

Wantonness Mask’d. A satire of a couple at a masquerade, the young man, on the left, has taken his mask off in his ardour, while the woman has not. 6th May 1771.
Hand-coloured mezzotint in the British Museum Collection.