| Method | Etching |
| Artist | M. Darly |
| Published | Publish'd as the Act directs Dec.r 7, 1772 by M. Darly 39 Strand. |
| Dimensions | Image 140 x 120 mm, Plate 180 x 128 mm |
| Notes |
Numbered V.5 upper left and 17 upper right. From Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by M.Darly in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Whole length portrait of a man standing in profile to the right. He holds a book in his right hand, a strap in his left. He wears a short, tightly curled wig, and a light flowered dressing-gown over dark clerical clothes. Matthew Darly (c.1721-c.1792) was a British caricaturist, printseller, publisher, and ornamental engraver. In 1759, he married his second wife Mary (fl.1759-1792), also a caricaturist and printseller, who wrote and illustrated the first book on caricature drawing, A Book of Caricaturas, 1762. The Darlys worked together and independently, and by 1756, they had print shops in Fleet Street and the Strand. Most of their prints were engraved in a very similar style and, to complicate attribution, have a publication line of 'M.Darly', so differentiation between them is often difficult. Mary's plates were predominantly satires and caricatures, whereas Matthew, in addition to caricatures, was also a jobbing engraver and stationer, producing everything from topography to trade cards. BM Satires 5051 |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £120.00 |
| Stock ID | 30516 |