Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
Three hand-coloured etchings printed on the same sheet from a composite album of 97 folios (147 prints) of comic illustrations under the title Darly's Comic Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c., published by Mary and Matthew Darly in London in 1772 and 1773.
Moderate interest was designed by Edward Topham (1751-1820) and etched by 'M.K.' Plate 2 is a caricature of architect Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) who was made a Knight of the Polar Star ('Chevalier de l'etoil polaire') by the King of Sweden. The image refers to the Kew Gardens' Chinese Pagoda he designed for the Princess Dowager of Wales and Queen Charlotte’s menagerie at Buckingham Palace. The first zebra in England was commonly referred to as ‘Her Majesty’s Ass’. False names appear on the bottom of the image: 'Juen-Ming del. | Li Tsong sculpt. and probably refer to his publication 'Dissertation on Oriental Gardening (1772).
Moderate interest, 20 percent (plate 1), Chevalier de l'etoil polaire (plate 2), (pl. 69c) Dr. Loll Tongue, the fliching conosieur (plate 3)
Wep 0494.65
Wep_0494_65
Western Prints and Drawings collection
English (Language)
Approved Category 2017/Printed Material/Print/Intaglio Print/Engraving
Approved Place 2018/Europe/United Kingdom/Great Britain/England/Greater London/London
Engraving
1772-1773
1773
1773
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Paper (material)
Ink (material)
Pigment (material)
GOOD
295 mm x 465 mm (height x width)
Darly's comic prints
art
after
Topham, Edward
Topham, Edward, after
pbl
Darly, M
Darly, M
London
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