Light infantry [graphic].

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Title: Light infantry [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [18 December 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Decr. 18, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: An obese man in military dress, whole length in profile, marches to the right. In his left hand he carries a musket with bayonet. His hat has a feather plume and he wears spatterdashes
Description: Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "infantry" is etched backwards.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 87.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 182 x 126 mm, on sheet 248 x 152 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 87. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Military uniforms
Soldiers
Marching
Obesity
Rifles
Bayonets
Subjects: Dandies > British
Military uniforms > British
Soldiers
Marching
Obesity
Rifles
Bayonets
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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