Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, and Globes