Leaf 36. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A couple in profile, half-length, both the woman on the left and the man on the right smile at each other. Their hair is piled high on their heads in an elaborate style
Alternative Title:
Two insignificants
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second of two plates on leaf 36., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 17.9 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd accord. to act, Feby. 1, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Leaf 44. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two scenes on one plate: on the left a macaroni smiling standing at a table, in the other a skeleton leaning against a funerary monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dice-box and dice -- Furniture: Hanging bookshelf -- Pictures amplifying subject: Horse racing -- Books: Allusion to Weber and Hoyle -- Allusion to Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies -- Allusion to Charlotte Hayes, procuress -- Building: Country church -- Tools: Spade., First of two plates on leaf 44., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 24.8, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act Decr. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Gambling, Playing cards, Tables, Skeletons, Shovels, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Leaf 51. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A small man in oversized clothes stands in profile in the foreground holding a walking stick and a wig at which he is looking pensively. Behind him is a small cottage-like building with a striped barber's pole mounted on the roof. In a large diamond pattern window is a skeleton, a wig stand, and a pet monkey. Above the window a large sign reads: "Matt. Manna apothecary, surgeon, corn-cutter, &c., &c. Man midwife, gentlemen shaved & hogs gelded. Shave for a penny & bleed for 2 pence." Below the window hangs a large shelf with a jar of Jalap and two bowls on it. A milestone in lower right corner reads: XXVI mile
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "V. 1" in upper left corner and "17" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Matthew Manna -- Shops: Country apothecary's shop -- Signs: Country apothecary's -- Milestones -- Trades: Barber -- Medicine: Surgeon -- Apothecaries: Corn-cutter -- Hog gelding -- Midwives: Male accoucheur -- Drugs: Jalap., Second of two plates on leaf 51., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.1 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 11, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Leaf 68. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman (whole length) walking to the left full face. Her hair is dressed high with tight curls at the side. She wears a fur-bordered cloak with a hood over a frilled and flounced petticoat with a looped-up train. Her hands are in a muff trimmed with frills of ribbon. A double row of pearls or beads is round her neck. A well-known house of ill-fame in the Piazza, Covent Garden, was known as Lovejoy's."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "12" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4995 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: Muffs trimmed with lace -- Demi-reps -- Jewelry -- Cloaks: Fur trimmed with hood., and Third of three plates on leaf 68.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act, Feby. 9th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Prostitutes, Muffs, and Capes (Clothing)
Leaf 75. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three whole length standing figures. On left a man with a Jewish profile and a small beard is in profile to the right. In his left hand is a long cane, in his right a rolled document. Bundles of papers protrude from his pocket. He wears a wide-brimmed hat. The centre figure is full-face; his hat is in his hand. A paper, "Annuities 20 pr cent", hangs from his pocket. The third figure is in profile to the left. He smiles and holds the arm of the centre figure; in his left hand is a cane. The two men in profile are dressed in an old-fashioned way with wide-brimmed hats and long coats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Edward Topham in the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 75., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 1st, 1772, accor. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Annuities, Clothing & dress, Staffs (Sticks), and Usury
Leaf 4. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men face each other with pistols, their seconds stand behind them. The duellist on the left kneels on one knee, his right arm outstretched, his pistol in his left hand, the barrel pointing upwards as if to ward off his opponent's shot; his left elbow rests on his knee. His second stands with his arms folded. The other has just fired his pistol which is aimed directly at his antagonist. His second, with a pistol in his left hand, is shouting with his right arm raised. They are in open country; hills are indicated in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies, 1771 -- Male costume: Large buttons., and On leaf 4.
Leaf 57. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A doctor takes a large pinch of snuff from his snuff box as he walks to the right; a clyster pipe peeks from his pocket with a label: "Unne lavement our Mademoiselle Mimi." and "Satire on doctors and the French (No.2): an elaborately dressed elderly doctor with a huge umbrella under his arm, a syringe in his pocket labelled, "Unne Lavement pour Madamoiselle Mimi", taking a pinch of snuff."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Medicin
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly after Bunbury; see British Museum catalogue., Reissue bearing both plate and volume numbers; see page 38 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from volume 1 of a portfolio of prints with an engraved title page: Darly, M. 24 Caricatures by several ladies, gentlemen, artists &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, Novr. 1, 1771., Plate numbered "V. 1" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner., For an earlier state bearing plate number only, see no. 4670 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, Second of three plates on leaf 57., and 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 15.2 x 10.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt. June 13th, 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
Leaf 58. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A French hairdresser with fine coat and small-sword."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Monsieur le Frizuer
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering; see page 38 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4673 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Second of three plates on leaf 58., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 15.4 x 10.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt. May 21th [sic], 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, and Daggers & swords
Leaf 63. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An etching with the whole-length figure of Dr. Bragge, a picture-dealer. He is stooped over, both hands on his walking-stick and peers intently as if contemplating a work of art. He wears a long, loose coat, a cocked hat and pince-nez. His lower lip is characteristically large, and it protrudes considerably
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Le Virtu
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with both volume and plate numbers; Cf. No. 4685 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., For a similar design etched by Sir Edward Newenham, see no. 4926 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Third of three plates on leaf 63., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.7 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 3d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Humor, Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Verso of leaf 91. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6791. Fox, North, and Burke in a poverty-stricken room: North (left), seated in a low arm-chair, leans back yawning, arms above his head, legs stretched out. On the wall above his head hangs a broken pair of bellows, emblem of his Borean blast. Burke, (right), very thin, seated on a three-legged stool, is mending the breeches which he has taken off. Behind his head is a spider in the centre of a cobweb. Between and behind them stands Fox, in the attitude of an orator, right arm raised, rehearsing a speech and regarding himself in a cracked mirror (right) which reflects his anxious and gloomy expression. Above his head a dark lantern, emblem of a conspirator, hangs on the wall (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6784, &c)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Publication date of 25 April 1785 supplied by the British Museum catalogue for an impression lacking the imprint statement; this date apparently based on that of the companion print entitled: Evening consolation., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Armchairs -- Broken bellows -- Lighting: Dark lantern -- Emblems: Dark lantern of conspiracy -- Bellows as emblem of Ld. North., Mounted on verso of leaf 91., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; plate mark 36 x 25.6 cm, on sheet 39.3 x 25.9 cm, mounted to 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25th, 1785, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Yawning, Public speaking, Sewing, Interiors, Poverty, Chairs, Stools, Mirrors, Bellows, Lanterns, Spiders, and Cobwebs
