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      • Darly (Mary) Darly's Comic-Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c., 1776.
        Sep. 28, 2023

        Darly (Mary) Darly's Comic-Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c., 1776.

        Est: £6,000 - £8,000

        Darly (Mary) Darly's Comic-Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c., engraved portrait frontispiece of Matthew Darley, engraved title, with 282 engraved plates on 125 sheets, on laid paper with armorial watermarks, some with countermark 'w', each leaf approx. 450 x 270 mm (17 3/4 x 10 5/8 in), offsetting throughout, some marginal nicks, small loss to title page, several sheets with larger repaired tears to inside corners and edges of sheets, some affecting the plates, occasional spotting and minor surface dirt, purple ink stamp to inside front free endpaper 'GIL', 19th century half morocco, marbled boards, bound by 'Mackenzie', spine gilt, t.e.g., rubbed and worn, folio, presented in modern solander box, Mary Darly, 1776. ⁂ An important and fine example of the collected works of the husband and wife printsellers, Mary and Matthew Darly. From the time of their marriage, they worked in tandem designing, engraving and publishing prints using the signature, MD or MDarly. Mary was one of the first professional caricaturists in England. The present collection includes many of their most famous prints, including numerous "macaroni" satires, as well as caricatures featuring enormous hair styles, such as Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress. Scarce at auction, with ABPC recording only 4 copies to have come to auction since 1978. Not in the British Library, and with only 2 other copies recorded as being held in British institutions (Oxford, and the V&A Library). WorldCat lists 5 copies in American collections.

        Forum Auctions - UK
      • [Caricature]. Darly, Mary (act. 1756-1776). "A Scotch Reel".
        Nov. 25, 2022

        [Caricature]. Darly, Mary (act. 1756-1776). "A Scotch Reel".

        Est: €80 - €100

        [Caricature]. Darly, Mary (act. 1756-1776). "A Scotch Reel". Handcol. etching, 24,5x35 cm. (platemark), publ. by M. Darly, London, 1776. - AND 3 others similar, publ. by the same, all uncoloured: "The City Rout" (1776); "Buckles and Buttons I am the Thing. Dem-Me" (1777) and "The Back-side of a front Row" (1777).

        Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
      • DARLY, Mary (fl. 1760-1781) and Matthias DARLY (c.1720-1778). 24 Caricatures...
        Dec. 13, 2019

        DARLY, Mary (fl. 1760-1781) and Matthias DARLY (c.1720-1778). 24 Caricatures...

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        DARLY, Mary (fl. 1760-1781) and Matthias DARLY (c.1720-1778). 24 Caricatures...

        Christie's
      • (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Darly, [Matthew and Mary]; artists. Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress.
        Sep. 17, 2015

        (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Darly, [Matthew and Mary]; artists. Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress.

        Est: $1,500 - $2,500

        (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Darly, [Matthew and Mary]; artists. Bunkers Hill, or America's Head Dress. Hand-colored engraving, 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches; cropped along the border, creased, moderate soiling, pencil marks on first letters of title, skillfully conserved and laid down on heavy paper, mounted along top edge to mat. [London], 19 April [1776]

        Swann Auction Galleries
      • Caricature - Darly, Mary
        Dec. 10, 2014

        Caricature - Darly, Mary

        Est: €500 - €700

        Darly's Comic-Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c.

        Finarte Roma
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