Sr William Waddle [graphic] / MD [monogram].

Description

Title: Sr William Waddle [graphic] / MD [monogram].
Alternative Title: Sir William Waddle
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 April 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd April 1. 1777 by M Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: An enormously fat man holds a walking stick in his right hand as he stands before a lake or river. He wears a tricorne hat and gloves, together with the huge buttons and shoe buckles popular around 1777. Possibly a caricature of Sir Watkin Lewes
Description: Title from item.
Trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
Imprint from British Museum online catalogue.
Numbered 30 in ms. on mount.
Inlaid to 45 x 33 cm.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1777
Engravings England London 1777
Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Caricatures
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821,
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Buttons (Fasteners)
Clothing & dress
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Obesity
Buttons (Fasteners)
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Staffs (Sticks)
England > London > 1777
England > 1777

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