The historians [graphic]

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Title: The historians [graphic]
Creator: Darly, Mattina, active 1764-1778, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1777]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile sits at a table opposite a clergy man (Dr. Wilson) as she writes with a quill pen. The walls are lined with full bookshelves separated in the middle by a fireplace with a mantelpiece on which sits a bust of "Alfred rex". Both figures wear the same enormous hair as in British Museum no. 5441
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
In black ink plate numbered "2" added to upper right corner in ink.
Mrs. Macauley and Dr. Wilson also appear in another Mattina Darly satirical print. See number 5441 in v. 5 of British Museum catalogue: A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world. [London] : Pub. May 1, 1777 by M Darly 39 Strand.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Contemporary annotations in pencil in lower margin: Mrs. M[...?]ly ; Dr. Wilson.
Provenance: Jenny Tudor Pictures; April 2018.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 7.8 x 12 cm, on sheet 8.2 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1777
Etchings England London 1777
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791.
Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Subject (Topic): Bookcases
Clergy
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Private libraries
Sculpture
Wigs
Subjects: Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791
Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784
Bookcases
Clergy
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Private libraries
Sculpture
Wigs
England > 1777
England > London > 1777
18th century

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