Who s Afraid.
Pub accord to Act March 18th. 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
An elderly man shouting with outstretched arms. In his left hand is a walking-stick. A wide looped hat on the back of his head shows straggling locks of his own hair. He wears a long coat with wide cuffs, a plain neck cloth, ruffled shirt-sleeves, and high-quartered shoes. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.6' upper left and '2' upper right.
BM Satires: 5149.
[Ref: 14491] £130.00
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
An elderly man shouting with outstretched arms. In his left hand is a walking-stick. A wide looped hat on the back of his head shows straggling locks of his own hair. He wears a long coat with wide cuffs, a plain neck cloth, ruffled shirt-sleeves, and high-quartered shoes. From 'Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.6' upper left and '2' upper right.
BM Satires: 5149.
[Ref: 14491] £130.00