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Matthias Darly
Capt: Swordsman
Published
London : Pub. by Darly 39 Strand, [17--]
etching
image: 210 x 141 mm; sheet: 243 x 172 mm
Peel 2453
Notes
Title from item.
The print shop of Mathias Darly and his wife, Mary Darly, was located at 39 Strand during the late 1760s through the 1770s.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image.
The print shop of Mathias Darly and his wife, Mary Darly, was located at 39 Strand during the late 1760s through the 1770s.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image.
Inscriptions/Markings
With "Fitzgerald?" inscribed in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Full length portrait of a man standing out of doors and facing right; he wears a wig with breeches and hose, a tricorne hat in one hand and a sword at his side; possibly intended to represent the noted Irish duellist, George Robert Fitzgerald.
Associated names
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Darly, M. (Mary), publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Darly, M. (Mary), publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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