Leaf 35. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: two men, one in traditional wig and the other in Macaroni costume, both seated yawning."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Turtle & bone soup macaronies and Turtle and bone soup macaronies
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Plate numbered '23' 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: Macaronies -- Canes -- Furniture: Armchair -- Upholstered sofa., First of two plates on leaf 35., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Chairs, Sofas, Staffs (Sticks), and Yawning
A young woman reclining on a sofa looks adoringly at a young man who, kneeling with one knee on the sofa in front of her, draws the horns of a cuckold on the portrait of a stout, older man above them. On either side of the portrait are two ornate, oval mirrors. The picture on the wall amplifies subject of the print
Description:
Title engraved below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 8., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A young couple embrace on a sofa, the woman holds out a rose in her left hand which her infant on the extreme right smells. The elderly husband watches round the door; behind him, on the extreme left, a grinning servant puts his finger to his nose. Under the characters (left to right): 'Hearing.' 'Seeing.' 'Tasting.' 'Feeling.' 'Smelling.'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title engraved above image., Earlier state of no. 9659 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Each depicted 'sense' named below its manifestation in the image: Hearing. Seeing. Tasting. Feeling. Smelling., Plate numbered '205' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Cuckolds -- Toddlers -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 1st January 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women is illustrated by the long ribbon tied on one of each of their wrists; around their necks, each, too, wears a pendant with miniature portrait of the other. An open book between them on the sofa is titled "The Fair Seducer." An oval mirror hangs on the wall between two windows behind the young man
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '200' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
A harlot sits on a curved sofa, her right arm resting on a table in front of her. In her right hand she holds a set of scales as she points to the gold coin in the scales which indicate that the guinea given her by the her companion is defective. An officer in a macaroni-style wig and captain's uniform (with sword and cutlass) wears a slight smile on his face as he stands at the table, hands in his pockets, watching her weigh the gold. On the wall behind them is a picture of Justice holding her scales further amplyfing the subject. Opposite the table on the right is an upholstered chair
Alternative Title:
Capt. Flash detected and Captain Flash detected
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and sides., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 17, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Justice, Military uniforms, Prostitutes, Scales, and Sofas
Lady with elaborate headdress sitting in chair in front of a sofa holds an open book (The whole duty of man) in her left hand and pulls up her skirts with the right, while a kneeling man in a pigtail wig and wearing a sword examines her left foot as it rests on a footstool. In his right hand he holds her shoe, his tools on the floor next to him, his hat behind
Description:
Title from item., Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark at top edge., and First (?) state of no. 4638 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1 by M Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Foot, Care and hygiene, Couples, Wigs, Clothing & dress, Interiors, Feet, Sofas, and Hairstyles
"Fox acts as barber to the Duchess of Devonshire; he applies a razor to her cheek, holding her chin. She is seated on a settee (left) covered with striped material. Sam House stands (right) holding a barber's bowl, a towel under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 29 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 10, 1784, by J. Moore, No. 19 Hallon [i.e. Hatton?] Street
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and House, Samuel, -1785
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Chairs, Mirrors, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Sofas
Opposite page 106. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on prostitution and foolish clergy; two courtesans tease a fat and smiling clergyman in a well-furnished room. The costume of the women appears to be c. 1792-3."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Probably published by Carington Bowles. This print was included in BM Satires twice. Dorothy George correctly placed it c.1792 (no. 8235), Stephens c.1770 (no. 4588). Thomas Holcroft's popular 'Road to Ruin' was first played at Covent Garden on 18 February 1792."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.2.17, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Temporary local subject terms: Parsons -- Prostitutes., Folded to 30.6 x 26 cm., and Bound in opposite page 106 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Carington Bowles?
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Courtesans, Interiors, Sofas, Mirrors, and Draperies
A young woman stands weeping beside a sofa, holding a handkercheif to her eye. On the floor is a letter. The room is decorated wtih a dado (Adam urn design), sofa, curtains, and patterned rug
Description:
Title etched below image., Number '135' in lower left corner of plate., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Oh! fatal day when to my virtues wrong, I fondly listen'd to his flattering tongue. But oh! more fatal moment when he gain'd, that vile consent whcih all my glory staind., and Temporary local subject terms: Dado -- Framed picture.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Floor coverings, Wallpapers, Draperies, Rugs, and Sofas
