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A pillar of the Church with it's proper capital
Title
A pillar of the Church [graphic] : with it's proper capital.
Edition
[State without volume number].
Publication
[London] : Pub. by MDarly, Strand, April 1st, 1772, accor. to act, [1 April 1772]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17.9 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 19.0 x 13.4 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram. M. Darly for Mary Darly or Matthew (or Matthias) Darly the printmaker? See British Museum catalogue.
For later state with additional numbering, see no. 5003 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 5.
Text above image: Bishop of Eider Down.
Plate numbered "23" in upper right corner.
Summary
"A man, stout and elderly, dressed as a bishop stands facing three-quarter to left. His right hand holds a tasselled mortar-board. He wears a silk gown, lawn sleeves, a pair of bands and an enormous wig. At the top of the plate is engraved, "Bishop of Eider Down"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1772.
Etchings - England - London - 1772.
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