Milliner Bird (Minnie Doyle), from The Comic Natural History of the Human Race 1851
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"Milliner Bird (Minnie Doyle)" is a satirical hand-colored lithograph from Henry Louis Stephens's 1851 series *The Comic Natural History of the Human Race*, a collection of humorous illustrations that caricatured people and their occupations as birds. This print depicts a woman wearing a bonnet and dress as a bird perched on a branch. The title "Milliner Bird" and the woman's name "Minnie Doyle" references the woman's profession as a milliner. This playful representation of a milliner, holding a small bucket, is an example of the series's satirical and humorous approach to the depiction of different occupations and social types.
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