The country singing clerk on a Sunday [graphic].

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Title: The country singing clerk on a Sunday [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [21 October 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: An old man, whole length in profile facing to the right, walks along a country road holding his hat and a very long stick with a face carved at the top. He carries a book in his pocket
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 100.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 24.7 x 15.6 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Singing
Staff (Sticks)
Wood carvings
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Singing
Staff (Sticks)
Wood carvings
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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