Happy peasant [graphic]

Description

Title: Happy peasant [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [2 August 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act of Parlt. Augt. 2d, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "A standing man walking to left with giant sabots holding a hat and pipe."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4681 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 "14" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Shoes: Sabots with pom-poms -- Tobacco pipes -- Broad-rimmed felt hats -- Knitted caps -- French peasants.
Second of three plates on leaf 61.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.1 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.2 x 11 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm
Edition: [State with plate number and volume number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
France.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Peasants
Pipes (Smoking)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > France > 1770-1780
Peasants > France
Pipes (Smoking)
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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