Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man standing with his feet crossed. In his right hand is a tasselled cane and under his right arm are sections of a pair of stays in course of construction. He wears a macaroni club, a laced hat, short coat and laced waistcoat, cravat, and ruffled shirt. Probably a stay-maker."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whalebone macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner., Watermark: Strasburg bend., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 18 x 12.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides and top.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 22, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Title from item., The blindfolded judge may represent Sir John Fielding., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Judges -- Justice blindfolded -- Male dress: legal dress.
Publisher:
Publish'd December 15, 1772, by W. Darling in Great Newport Street
Two physicians standing in an unfurnished room examine contents of a urinal that one of them is holding up for inspection in one hand while raising a large pocket watch in the other hand. Both wear fashionable bag wigs. Behind them on the wall hang two old-fashioned doctors' wigs. Propped up next to each wig is a gold-headed cane
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark, mostly trimmed., and A list of names of possible subjects has been added in later hand on verso. It includes Matthew Maty, Oliver Goldsmith, William Hunter and John Fothergill, among a few other, illegible names.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 18 June 1772, by T. Jeffrys, Charing Cross
"A young lady at confession; on the right, a monk leans on his elbow, right hand resting on a Bible, lecherously looking sideways at a young girl beside him, who stands holding a rosary, looking down sorrowfully with tears running down her cheek, she wears a veil on her head. On the ledge are various symbols of mortality, and a paper, lettered "...From fornication and all other deadly Sins Libera nos Domine! 'Tis better to Marry than burn...", to the far left stands an altar; after Millar; scratched-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from the Catalogue of the Society of Artists, 1771, no. 83., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Chapel of a Catholic church -- Religious rites -- Rosaries -- Allusion to sins., and Watermark.