Who's afraid [graphic].

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Title: Who's afraid [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [18 March 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accorg. to act March 18th, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Whole length portrait of an elderly man facing front and running forward, grinning, shouting with outstretched arms. In his left hand is a walking-stick. A wide looped hat on the back of his head shows straggling locks of his own hair. He wears a long coat with wide cuffs, a plain neckcloth, ruffled shirt-sleeves, and high-quartered shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 94.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 177 x 126 mm, on sheet 245 x 154 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 94. 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
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Older people
Hairstyles
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Older people
Hairstyles
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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