The Burthens of Plenty, from Darly's Comic Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies, etc
Matthew Darly, English, active 1754 - 1778; died about 1780
1777
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Plate: 9 5/8 × 13 11/16 in. (24.5 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (26 × 36.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.961.165
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: I. Nabbem, / Taylor [sign above upper window]; inscribed, in plate, upper left: SHAFE & CUT / HEAR [sign above lower window]; inscribed, in plate, upper right: GOOD EATING / & / COOL ROOMS [on shop sign]; inscribed, in plate, upper left: WINES [above door]; inscribed, in plate, center left: Dinners & shirt / wash'd for 2 pence; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: N [or H] R; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: THE BURTHENS OF PLENTY.; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: P[ub] by Marly Feb.y [y in superscript] 24 1777 39 Strand J T; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Dropey / Medical; Watermark, center: J. TAYLOR
Provenance
Rockman Prints; sold to present collection, 1961.
Catalogue Raisonne
M. George (1935) vol. V: 5433.
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