Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A cleric seated at a round table with papers and quill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text in Greek letters below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4680 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 "13" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
"Portrait standing three-quarter length to right leaning on rock, her right hand to her cheek, head turned to face left over her shoulder, with basket of flowers to right; with robe draped over her right shoulder, and scarf in her hair; landscape seen behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 2 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs 1st Octr. 1771 for H. Parker No. 82 Cornhill, S. Hooper No. 25 Ludgate Hill, W. Shropshire, New Bond Street, & T. Watson in Broad Street
Three men in slippers and dressing gowns are attended by barbers. The one on the left has his hair styled while he is reading a book. Next to him, an older man grips the arms of his chair in apparent discomfort while the barber cuts his hair. To the right, the third gentleman is being covered with a sheet by his barber. In the foreground on the right stands a large open trunk with a boot jack, next to it, pair of slippers. A large tasselled curtain hangs in the background. A tricorne hat hangs on a peg on the wall
Description:
Title from annotation in a contemporary hand written on mounting paper below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted to 24 x 34 cm.
"Portrait of Baroness Mary Nolcken, or Mary Le Maistre, seated to front resting on table with her hands clasped in her lap, almost three-quarter length, and facing left, her hair elaborately done with long plait falling over her right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Mrs. Lemaitre, since married to Baron Nolliken envoy from Sweden," written in black ink below artist and printmaker by unknown hand., Mounted on leaf numbered 8 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes written in black ink by unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 21st, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Title from inscription on mounting sheet below image in a later hand ., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint?, Possibly a copy of no. 4857 in the Catalogue, v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Newspapers -- Barber's impelements: curling tongs., Window mounted to 35 x 29 cm., and Ms. title on verso: Barber politician, or, Newsmonger.
"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., Proof state with scratched lettering. For published state with title, painting dimensions, new statements of responsibility and new publication line engraved below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1861,1109.248., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. The published state of the plate includes the text "From the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole" below image; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 160 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Title page for the publication "24 caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c".
Alternative Title:
24 caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c. and Twenty four caricatures by several ladies gentlemen artists &c.
Description:
Title from text within image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Title page from: Darly's comic-prints, v. 1 (1771)., Partial watermark., and Front cover and front flyleaf of volume in same folder.
