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1. A pillar of the Church with it's proper capital. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.2 plate 23
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man, stout and elderly, dressed as a bishop stands facing three-quarter to left. His right hand holds a tasselled mortar-board. He wears a silk gown, lawn sleeves, a pair of bands and an enormous wig. At the top of the plate is engraved, "Bishop of Eider Down"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram. M. Darly for Mary Darly or Matthew (or Matthias) Darly the printmaker? See British Museum catalogue., For later state with additional numbering, see no. 5003 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5., Text above image: Bishop of Eider Down., and Plate numbered "23" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, Strand, April 1st, 1772, accor. to act
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Traill, James, -1783
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Clergy, Dandies, British, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A pillar of the Church with it's proper capital. [graphic]