The sleepy politician [graphic].

Description

Title: The sleepy politician [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: A man, wearing a wig and spectacles, sits in a wooden chair and dozes at a table or desk. His right elbow rests upon the surface and his head is held up by his right hand; various papers, including one labeled "The London Chronicle" and another labeled "Morning Post", are spread out in front of him. Several books stand on the surface behind the papers
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 37. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

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