A knight of the spit [graphic].

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Title: A knight of the spit [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Jan. 20, 1774.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly
Abstract: "Whole length portrait of a naval officer standing in profile to the right. His hair is in a small pig-tail queue; his hat is under his right arm. In his right hand is a telescope; in his left a long cane. He stands in front of a low gun-embrasure behind which is the sea, with ships at anchor; in the distance is the Isle of Wight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "18" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Naval officers -- Walking staves -- Deck of ship -- Weapons.
Second of two plates on leaf 52.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 24 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 52. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Watermarks (Paper).
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Isle of Wight (England),
Subject (Topic): Military officers
Telescopes
Staffs (Sticks)
Ships
Cannons
Subjects: Isle of Wight (England)
Military officers
Telescopes
Staffs (Sticks)
Ships
Cannons
England > 1774
England > London > 1774

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