Pub by MDarly Dec.r 9. 1775 (39 Strand).
Etching, 250 x 175mm, 9¾ x 7".
Satirical portrait of James Bruce (1730-94), Scottish explorer in Africa who traced the source of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. From an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates.
BM Satires 5317.
[Ref: 14568]  £420.00