The learned antiquarians puzzl'd (by an English epitaph) [graphic]

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Title: The learned antiquarians puzzl'd (by an English epitaph) [graphic]
Alternative Title: Learned antiquarians puzzled
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 1, 1770.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Four antiquarians puzzled by an inscription written in strange lettering and order on a stone, but which reads: "Beneath this stone reposeth ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Another, undated state of this print was published by Sayer and Bennett.
Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner.
Copy in reverse and with some embellishments of The puzzle. London : T. Bowles, 1756. See Library of Congress, call number PC 3 - 1756 - Puzzle (A size) [P&P].
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs -- Puzzles.
Second of two plates on leaf 48.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 19 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 48. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

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