Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Seven members of the City Militia march out of step towards the right, 2 birds flying overhead. A short fat drummer begins the procession, followed by an officer with sword in left hand, 2 pairs of soldiers carrying bayoneted muskets, and in the rear,...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 10, 1777 by MDarly ...
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Militia, Militias, Military uniforms, British, Drums, and Musketeers
An assembly of men from a variety of walks of life assemble in a town square as a soldier prepares training. A small group of boys (right) whisper at their ineptitude
"Three volunteers or militiamen, three-quarter length figures, exult at the head of Bonaparte which one of them (right) holds up on a pitchfork, saying, "Here he is Exalted my Lads 24 Hours after Landing." The head is in profile to the left, the sharp...
Alternative Title:
Levée en masse, or, Britons strike home and Britons strike home
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 6th, 1803, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Soldiers, British, French, Militias, Pitchforks, Heads (Anatomy), Decapitations, and War casualties
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the sid...
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
"A design in two compartments; above, cavalry proceed right to left; below, infantry march left to right. [1] A burlesqued procession of men variously mounted. The leader, dressed as a light horseman and holding up a sabre, rides a horse with blinkers...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 1st, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
"The Marquis standing on the right, gesturing as he speaks to a crowd of men, with clerks at a table in front of his stand and view of Nottingham castle and chapel in the background; after Wale; in an architectural frame."--British Museum online catal...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dorchester, Henry Pierrepont, Marquis of, 1606-1680, and Nottingham Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Militias, Public speaking, Clerks, and Castles & palaces
Leaf 43. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: two men, one with a wooden leg, the other a dwarf, standing before a civilian seated at a table with sword and pike."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
City trained bands recruiting serjeant and City trainbands recruiting serjeant
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Militias, Hats, Peg legs, Daggers & swords, Rifles, and Spears
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Coxheath. She is followed by her husband, dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces that frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Alternative Title:
Sir Horatio Mann returning from Linton to Barham Court having lost his way, is escorted by a farmer's wife returning from Maidstone market
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on title of published print based on this drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, British, Militias, and Dogs
