The military contrast [graphic].

Description

Title: The military contrast [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 1, 1773, accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Two soldiers; on the left, a middle-aged man who has lost an eye, an arm and a leg; on the right, a young man peering at the other through an eye-glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numberd "V. 2" in the upper left corner and "11" in the upper right corner of plate.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Military uniforms -- Spying glasses -- Wooden legs.
Second of two plates on leaf 30.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 24.5 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Edition: [State with plate numbering and lines added in the top background].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 30. 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) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Soldiers
Veterans
Hand lenses
Eye patches
Amputees
Peg legs
Subjects: Dandies > British
Soldiers
Veterans
Hand lenses
Eye patches
Amputees
Peg legs
England > 1773
England > London > 1773
L V G.

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