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Matthias Darly
[Colonel Bodens]
[London] : Pub by M Darly July 24, 1780, 39 Strand, [1780].
etching, hand colored
image: 69 x 54 mm; plate mark: 86 x 61 mm; sheet: 106 x 78 mm
Peel 2315
Notes
Title from George.
Caricature of George Bodens (also Boden or Bowden), Gentleman Usher to the King, member of Boodle's, and son of Capt. Charles Bodens.
Caricature of George Bodens (also Boden or Bowden), Gentleman Usher to the King, member of Boodle's, and son of Capt. Charles Bodens.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "1/6 Col. O Kelley" in pen below image.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a portrait (half length), in profile to the right, of a fat man with a small head and very thick neck. His wig has a small looped queue; he wears a small hat with a cockade, a very bulky great-coat, with a nosegay under his chin. Cf. George.
Associated names
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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