Leaf 50. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in winter outside the walls of a palace, possibly in St. James's park (based on the sentry box). On the left a leafless tree hangs over a short, fat gentleman with a tall stick who faces right and appears to be talking to Lord Chatham in top boots and muff. In the middle of the design stands a doctor, in an old-fashioned wig and slit shoes, sniffing his gold-headed cane. A tall man and a very short man walk, with their backs to us, towards the sentry box under the palace walls
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge., Plate numbered "6" 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: Sentries -- Sentry box -- Male costume, 1766., Watermark, partially trimmed., Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet., and Lord Chatham identified by ms. note in red ink at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act, Decr. 8, 1766, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), and England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Muffs, Staffs (Sticks), Guards, Guardhouses, and Walls
Leaf 50. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in winter outside the walls of a palace, possibly in St. James's park (based on the sentry box). On the left a leafless tree hangs over a short, fat gentleman with a tall stick who faces right and appears to be talking to Lord Chatham in top boots and muff. In the middle of the design stands a doctor, in an old-fashioned wig and slit shoes, sniffing his gold-headed cane. A tall man and a very short man walk, with their backs to us, towards the sentry box under the palace walls
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge., Plate numbered "6" 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: Sentries -- Sentry box -- Male costume, 1766., First of two plates on leaf 50., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 24.4 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act, Decr. 8, 1766, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), and England
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Muffs, Staffs (Sticks), Guards, Guardhouses, and Walls
An old soldier in uniform carrying a cudgel importunes a clergyman for alms, without success; a broadside with thirty lines of engraved verse in two columns, containing a dialogue between the soldier and the pluralist
Description:
Caption title below image., All engraved., Copy of a print by Tim Bobbin, published by Darly in 1762. Cf. British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Print is an enlarged copy of no. 3994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. by M. Darly, facing New Round Court, the Strand
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1759, Beggars, Clergy, Military uniforms, Pluralism (Social sciences), and Veterans
Caption title below image, above verses., All engraved., Originally published by Darly in 1762. See Stephens., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '30' in upper left corner., Later state, with plate number added. Cf. No. 3994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. by M. Darly, facing New Round Court, the Strand
Subject (Topic):
English West Indian Expedition, 1759, Beggars, Clergy, Military uniforms, Pluralism (Social sciences), and Veterans
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Tools: pickaxe -- Emblems: Privy Seal -- Lighting: candle extinguisher -- Crowns: earl's coronet -- Ministries: Pitt's ministry, 1766 -- Allusion to William Henry Cavendish-Bentick, the Duke of Portland -- Allusion to Charles Townshend, 1725-1767 -- Ghosts., and Mounted to 32 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764, Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744, and Pynsent, William, Sir 1680 or 81-1765
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker and publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Cf. No. 4140 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 -- Warehouses -- Merchant ships -- Skulls: skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Clergy: bishops -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Tombs -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- Dogs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
"A smaller copy of a satire on the repeal of the Stamp Act and the administration of George Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury, April 1763-July 1765)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reduced copy of The repeal by Benjamin Wilson, with several alterations and a key to persons numbered within image added below the design., "Price only six pence"--Following imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Merchant ships -- Skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem., and Design attributed to Wilson and subjects identified in contemporary hand below print on mounting sheet. Mounted to 38 x 51 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
Title etched at top of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '90'., Reduced copy with some changes to design of no. 4140 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Acts: repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766 -- Funerals -- Tombs -- Coffins: child's coffin -- Clergy: bishops -- Parsons -- Reference to Anti-Sejanus -- Lawyers -- Banners: black flags with stamps on them -- Flags: Union Jack -- Rebellions: skulls of executed Jacobite rebels -- Bible: burial service -- Reference to the American colonies -- Rivers: bank of Thames -- Boats: lighters -- Ships: merchant ships -- Reference to votes for and against repeal in the Parliament -- Buildings: warehouses -- Trade: American trade -- Dogs -- Appeals: Scotch appeal -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Male dress: mourning hat (weeper) -- Mottoes: semper eadem -- Reference to the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham -- Reference to Henry Seymour Conway -- Reference to the 3rd Duke of Grafton -- Reference to the 2nd Earl Halifax --Reference to Lord Chatham's statue in Charleston, South Carolina., Watermark: Arms of England ; countermark G R., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Warehouses -- Merchant ships -- Skulls: skulls of the rebels of 1715 and 1745 -- Bible: burial service -- Clergy: bishops -- Stamps upon black flags -- Child's coffin -- Cargoes: bales and boxes -- Bank of Thames -- Tombs -- Boats: lighter -- House of Lords: votes on repeal of Stamp Act, 1766 -- Allusion to America -- Lawyers' briefs -- Dogs -- American trade -- Scotch appeals -- Weepers: Bute wearing a weeper -- Catches: funeral anthem -- Mottoes: semper eadem., and Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet; mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Scott, James, 1733-1814, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Halifax, George Montagu-Dunk, Earl of, 1716-1771
