Leaf 94. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of an elderly man facing front and running forward, grinning, shouting with outstretched arms. In his left hand is a walking-stick. A wide looped hat on the back of his head shows straggling locks of his own hair. He wears a long coat with wide cuffs, a plain neckcloth, ruffled shirt-sleeves, and high-quartered shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 94., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accorg. to act March 18th, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
"A kitchen scene. A handsome young cook in her mistress's hat and gown, worn over her own cap and petticoat, with her breast bared, postures in the kitchen before a hanging mirror, holding out a fan. Three amused girls (a woman with two young girls) watch her from behind a door (right). On the floor is a broken dish with a fish on which a cat has pounced, and to the right a rolling pin, fork and spoon. A floured pudding is ready for cooking. On the shelves behind her are plates, platters and mugs; above the door, a small keg, wine bottle, and crocks. On the floor near the door are brooms and buckets
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: Ruse & Turners 1806.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Brooms & brushes, Cats, Kitchens, Interiors, Mirrors, Role reversal, Tableware, and Women domestics
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Title continues: ... Please, sir, its one of your old un's as Misses gave me!!, and One in a series of at least 13 prints published by W. Soffe: Whims and oddities.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St.
Leaf 45. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young gardener, fashionably dressed, stands holding a spade in his right hand and a rake in his left. A basket sits on the ground in front of him
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Ten lines of text below title: Because no man has more business upon Earth, and he always chuses good grounds for what he does. He commands his thyme, he his master of the mint ..., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "24" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gardeners -- Tools: Spade -- Conundrums., and First of two plates on leaf 61.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decemr. 1st, 1773, by MDarly, (39) Strand, according to act
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Young adults, Shovels, Rakes (Agricultural equipment), and Baskets
Title etched below image., Reissue, without plate numbering and with new imprint statement, of a print published by Darly on 1 December 1773. For the earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 724 776D., Date of publication based on publisher's street address., Ten lines of text explaining the title below it: Because no man has more business upon Earth, and he always chuses good Grounds for what he does. He commands his Thyme; he his [sic] master or the Mint ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gardeners -- Baskets -- Tools: rake -- Tools: spade., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
Title from caption below image., Three lines of dialogue below title: 1. I'm sorry to say your candles burn down the middle, and then they burn no longer! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Companion print to: "Fast-asleep.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue description of Gillray print of 1806 after which this is a copy
Description:
Title etched below image., From: The Caricatures of Gillray, With Historical & Political Anecdotes. London: John Miller, 1818., and Original work created 1806.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Waking, Cats, Parlors, Fireplaces, and Clothing & dress