Capt. Calipash & Mrs. Calipee [graphic]

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Title: Capt. Calipash & Mrs. Calipee [graphic]
Alternative Title: Captain Calipash and Mrs. Calipee
Creator: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created: Octr. 28, 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly 120 Bond Street & 39 Strand
Abstract: A very corpulent couple facing left, promenade arm in arm. The gentleman, behind the woman, wears a military coat, ruffled shirt and a tricorne hat with a bow on the front. He carries a walking stick, and the pommel of his sword is just visible behind the voluminous dress of his wife, whose face is nearly hidden in an enormous calash hat of the period
Description: Title from item.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Signed in lower left image M.D. i.e. Matthias Darly?
MD of publisher's name form a monogram.
Numbered '35' in ink on upper mount.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34 x 23 cm. in laid to 46 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been no.
Language: English

Access: Public
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