An engraving showing a very tall military officer (full-length) walking towards the right, a cane under his right arm. By his sife is a very short, fat lady. Both are dressed in the fashion of the day
Alternative Title:
Captain Conquest and his baggage wagon
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imprint from state described in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Cf. No. 4604 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Robt. Sayer & J. Smith?
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Obesity, and Staffs (Sticks)
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 31. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French courier rides a galloping post-horse to the left while raising his whip; a building with the sign "Poste Royale" is visible in the background
Description:
Title etched below image., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., Early state. For reissue with different imprint, see no. 5056 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Second of two plates on leaf 31., and 1 print : etching with rocker and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 17.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act Jany. 1st, 1772, by T. Scratchley
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.01.01.01.1 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 31. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A French courier rides a galloping post-horse to the left while raising his whip; a building with the sign "Poste Royale" is visible in the background
Description:
Title etched below image., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., Early state. For reissue with different imprint, see no. 5056 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act Jany. 1st, 1772, by T. Scratchley
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.01.01.01.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., Reissue, with different imprint and burnished plate number, of a plate originally published 1 Jan. 1772 by T. Scratchley [i.e. Matthias Darly]. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.06.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Coachmen., 1 print on laid paper : etching and drypoint, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 17.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges with loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 6th March 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[6 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.06.01 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Coachmen., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G.R. below.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 6th March 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an undetermined artist; questionable attribution to Bunbury from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with imprint mostly burnished out, of a plate originally published 2 July 1772 by J. Bretherton. See no. 5083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text within etched banner in top part of design: Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing., Temporary local subject terms: Cavendish, Elizabeth, d. 1779 -- Horace Walpole refers to subject of print, YW. 9. 171, n. 7, 8; 31. 53, n. 18 -- Masquerades -- Costume, 1772., and Watermark, mostly trimmed: Strasburg bend.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[6 March 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.03.06.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on French pretensions: a coachman standing in profile to left; he has a curled moustache, laced coat and a large bag wig, and holds a long whip and taking snuff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 6th March 1772 by I. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
"Wood is seated on horseback in profile to the right, his gun in his left hand. He has a grotesquely large nose, and has a somewhat clerical appearance. In the background (right) beyond a piece of water is the façade of a large house with a pediment, evidently Mulgrave Castle, and a church."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state of a plate first published by Darly on 11 August 1772., Plate numbered '17' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Game keepers -- Buildings: country house -- Country houses: Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire -- Buildings: country churches., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.