Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Chevalier Vatkens Louis [graphic].
- Contributor
- Darly, M. publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1773]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- M. Darly
- Abstract
-
"Whole length portrait of a man wearing a furred livery gown and a double-peaked fool's cap with bells. His head is turned slightly to the right. In his left hand is a watchman's rattle. He is Sir Watkin Lewes, a recently knighted alderman and city patriot, Sheriff of London 1772-3."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Publisher and date of publication from the volume in which this plate appears.
Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner.
Third of three plates on leaf 96.
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 18.0 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 24.7 x 15.0 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title
- Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Collection Date
- [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
City council members
Fools' caps
Robes - Subjects
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Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
City council members
Fools' caps
Robes
England > 1773
England > London > 1773
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11677611
- Object ID (OID)
- 16737726