Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1, 1772.
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.05.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
View of the Place des Victories at Paris and View of the Place des Victoires at Paris
Description:
Title from caption below image., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., Artist identified as Bunbury in the British Museum catalogue., Third of three known states. See curator's comments in British Museum online cat., registration no.: 1906,0823.2., Later state with added numbering. Cf. no. 4919 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "4" in upper left corner and "v. 2" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Place des Victoires -- Monument to Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 -- Beggars -- Shoeblacks -- Paris street scene -- Law and lawyers -- Male costume: Muffs., and Watermark: L.V.G.
"A satirical print showing George III with attendant ladies making his way towards a side door of the palace; and the attempted assassination by Margaret Nicholson; a young boy with a dog runs towards the king in the left foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vûe de l'entrée au Jardin du Palais Royal de St. Jacques
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and One of a series of plates, originally engraved for John Bowles in the mid-eighteenth century, that were reissued ca. 1840 for Francis West's A collection of Views of old London and its environs. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by F. West, 83, Fleet St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828,
"View in Whitehall with the royal carriage departing led by marching foot soldiers, passing the Holbein Gate, the Banqueting House on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de l'hotel royal, pour les Gardes du Corps et a Piè, vis à vis la Salle Blanche a Manger à Londres
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French. and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2763.
Publisher:
Printed for Ino. Boydell, Engraver, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Whitehall (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Horse Guards (London, England : Building), and Whitehall Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Government facilities, Castles & palaces, Gates, Carriages & coaches, Soldiers, and British
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Text at bottom of plate identifies the house at center of image as "Lord Kingston's" and the resident of house at right of image as "Green Esqr.", "No. 34"--Lower right corner., No. 38, "Sir John Hawkins," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 40, "Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: W.F.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, & sold by J. Boydell, engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
"A thin elderly man proferring his wares, holding a long stick tucked under one arm, rubbing a short ribbed staff against the hilt with the other to spark a fire, looking to left, lit from the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Feu sans fumée, ou exellentes pierres a fusil
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Ninth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "9" beneath lower right corner of image.
"An old and young woman holding a large basket between them full of crockery."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Toute sorte de potterie a un sol et demi par assiette ...
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Fifth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "5" in lower right corner.
"A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Masonic anecdote
Description:
Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1797 on the right side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the left side.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
Subject (Topic):
Freemasonry, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, and Candles
Any baking pears, Poires cuittes au four, and Peri da cucinare in forno
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 60 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate