"View looking across the square towards the King's Mews, George II and his Company viewing the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Ecuries du Roy a Charing Cross
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Later state; remnants of burnished imprint visible at bottom of plate., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve perspective views of the principal churches, streets, and squares in the cities of London and Westminster", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, pages 87, no. 10., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., Watermark: Charles Ball 1817., Leaf 37 in an album of views of London and its vicinity., and Pencil annotation below plate line, in a later hand: This rare plate is copied in Fairholt's "Haunted London".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760,
Subject (Topic):
Stables, Horses, Horseback riding, Carriages & coaches, and Plazas
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:
July 1st, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 22. 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., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., One of several prints after Bunbury of similar design and varying size. See no. 5056 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., On leaf 22., and 1 print : etching with rocker and drypoint on laid paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
July 1st, 1771.
Call Number:
Bunbury 771.07.01.02+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 22. 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., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., T. Scratchley is the pseudonym of Matthias Darly., One of several prints after Bunbury of similar design and varying size. See no. 5056 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily with initials G.R. below.
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
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[13 February 1773]
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.02.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on an English post courier (as opposed to a French courier, see British Museum Satires No. 4737): a man on horseback, blowing a horn, with an enormous sack at his back; he rides along a country road towards the right where a gibbet stands with two hanging bodies."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early state. For later states with altered imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 13th Feby. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 May 1774]
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., and Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 May 1774]
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.05.03.01+ Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., For variant states with different imprint statements, see Lewis Walpole Library call no. Bunbury 773.02.13.01+ and no. 4736 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Likely companion print to: Courier francois., Temporary local subject terms: Couriers -- Post-horns., and 1 print on laid paper : soft-ground etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.3 x 43 cm, on sheet 36 x 55 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d May 1774, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, New Bond Street