Counsellor Hubble Bubble [graphic].

Description

Title: Counsellor Hubble Bubble [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [21 October 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Description: "Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 176 x 125 mm, on sheet 244 x 153 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 21
Collection Title: Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Lawyers
Obesity
Wigs
Robes
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Lawyers
Obesity
Wigs
Robes
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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