The Well Fed English Constable.
P.Sandby Inv.t. MDarly sc.
Pubd. according to Act of Parl.t Oct.r 1st: 1771 by MDarly Engraver No.39 Strand.
Etching, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some offsetting.
A watchman in profile patting his enormous belly, holding his staff, two dogs slavering at a dead fowl in his pocket. The collar of one of the dogs is inscribed with the name of its owner, 'T. Guttle'. After Paul Sandby (1725 - 1809). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 4641.
[Ref: 14121] £360.00
Pubd. according to Act of Parl.t Oct.r 1st: 1771 by MDarly Engraver No.39 Strand.
Etching, 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Some offsetting.
A watchman in profile patting his enormous belly, holding his staff, two dogs slavering at a dead fowl in his pocket. The collar of one of the dogs is inscribed with the name of its owner, 'T. Guttle'. After Paul Sandby (1725 - 1809). From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires: 4641.
[Ref: 14121] £360.00