Ganymede [graphic].

Description

Title: Ganymede [graphic].
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 March 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. March 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "A man standing in profile to the right, a cane in his right hand; his left is inside his waistcoat. His shoulders are round, almost to deformity. He wears a looped hat and ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "15" in upper right corner.
Provenance: Seven Gables; November 1971.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.4 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 25 x 15.4 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 15
Collection Title: Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Portrait prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Drybutter, Samuel, 1729-1787,
Subject (Topic): Staff (Sticks)
Subjects: Drybutter, Samuel, 1729-1787
Staff (Sticks)
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

Access: Public
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