A gentleman, knock-kneed and bespectacled, stands near a table in a print shop or auction gallery. He wears a sword and holds an auction catalog of prints. Possibly a caricature of James Christie, auctioneer
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With offsetting from another print.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May 14, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
On the right, a lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile and wearing a morning gown, sits at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked 'Rouge', other toilet implements and a looking-glass on the table. Her hair is in a grotesquely caricatured erection, with side curls, intended to ridicule the fashions of the day; on the top of it is a hearse drawn by six horses, decorated with enormous ostrich-feathers. Similar feathers adorn the heads of the horses. On the left behind the lady, a skeleton stands at a rectangular table grasping with both hands an hour-glass whose sands have run into the lower glass out the bottom onto the table. On the table there is also a knife. The base of the skeleton's spine is transfixed by a large arrow. On the wall behind the lady's dressing-table is a portrait bust of a clergyman, in profile to the right (Dr. Wilson).
Alternative Title:
Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 3, v.2.
Publisher:
Pub May 1, 1777 by MDarly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
Caricature of extremely corpulent man facing left wearing large wig and tricorne, his hand in pocket. One of a series of four caricatures, this one is meant to represent "a fat fellow of Brazen-nose College."
Description:
Title from item. and Name of engraver (Torre?) from another plate in series, burnished from lower right of plate leaving traces visible.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Caricature of man facing left wearing a sword, large wig, and tricorne, his left hand on hip and in his right a cane. Flies buzz before his head. One of a series of 4 caricatures, this one is meant to represent "a well-known M.D., the last remaining of the old school."
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
"Three women walking in profile to the right beside the sea or a lake. Their head-dresses are caricatures of the prevailing fashion. The foremost walks with a closed parasol on a long stick like a shepherdess's crook; in her right hand is a small bag or basket. Her hair is in a pyramid, with curls, on it is a lace cap with lappets, and a flat hat trimmed with ribbons and feathers. She is followed by a very thin woman, whoise pyramid is decorated with more curls but with a smaller cap and hat, she holds a closed fan; behind walks a short stout woman with a frizzed wig bound by a ribbon. The dresses show the prevailing fashion for skirts, straight in front, puffed out at the back and showing the ankles. Miss Tittup, a character in Garrick's "Bon Ton", was played by Eliza Farren ... The tall thin lady is perhaps intended for Miss Farren..."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Misses Dumplin Ducktail and Tittup returned from watering
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: V. 2, 68.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly No. 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Name):
Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829.
Subject (Topic):
Health resorts, Mineral waters, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Umbrellas
Head and shoulder profile caricature of clergyman in wig and bands, with face absurdly concave in shape, features accentuated by jutting chin and protruding hair
Description:
Title from item. and MD of publisher's name forms a monogram.
Leaf 102. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: a woman with a bonnet wig and ogee-shaped profile, in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Ogee -- Female costume -- Female hats., and Second of three plates on leaf 102.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.01.06+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An enormously fat man holds a walking stick in his right hand as he stands before a lake or river. He wears a tricorne hat and gloves, together with the huge buttons and shoe buckles popular around 1777. Possibly a caricature of Sir Watkin Lewes
Alternative Title:
Sir William Waddle
Description:
Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Imprint from British Museum online catalogue., Numbered 30 in ms. on mount., and Inlaid to 45 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd April 1. 1777 by M Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821,
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Buttons (Fasteners), Clothing & dress, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 8. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene outside a racetrack or at Tattersall's horse market with an auctioneer on a platform at the right and some dozen other male figures, probably caricatures of real individuals, occupy the foreground, while a groom runs with a horse in front of the stables
Alternative Title:
Tatter'd-sale
Description:
Title etched below image., For a brief mention of this print, see description for no. 5369 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., On leaf 8., and With remnant of red wax seal on bottom edge of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Mary Darly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Tattersalls (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Horse buyers, Horse trading, Clothing & dress, Auctioneers, and Horses
