A lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile sits at a table opposite a clergy man (Dr. Wilson) as she writes with a quill pen. The walls are lined with full bookshelves separated in the middle by a fireplace with a mantelpiece on which sits a bust of "Alfred rex". Both figures wear the same enormous hair as in British Museum no. 5441
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., In black ink plate numbered "2" added to upper right corner in ink., Mrs. Macauley and Dr. Wilson also appear in another Mattina Darly satirical print. See number 5441 in v. 5 of British Museum catalogue: A speedy & effectual preparation for the next world. [London] : Pub. May 1, 1777 by M Darly 39 Strand., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary annotations in pencil in lower margin: Mrs. M[...?]ly ; Dr. Wilson.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1777, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
