Mr. Darley as performing in the orchester at Vauxhall [graphic].

Description

Title: Mr. Darley as performing in the orchester at Vauxhall [graphic].
Alternative Title: Mr. Darley as performing in the orchestra at Vauxhall
Creator: Barlow, Inigo, printmaker
Published / Created: [not before 1 September 1792]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait of the singer, performing at Vauxhall; holding sheet music, resting on ballustrade in front of him; an orchestra in background; in oval with ornaments at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from signature on earlier state: Barlow sculp.
Later state, with printing plate cut down on right and left sides, removing part of the ornaments above portrait. Title has also been re-etched to fit the new dimensions, with printmaker's signature and imprint statement removed from the plate in the process. For the earlier state with the imprint "Published as the act directs by W. Locke, Septr. 1st, 1792", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.643.
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 10.
Inlaid to 55 x 38 cm.
Mounted on page 35 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Provenance: Frank Hammond; July 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15 x 9.9 cm, on sheet 17.1 x 11.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English