[London] : [Matthias Darly], [between 1767 and 1780]
Physical Description:
1 trade card : engraving ; sheet 251 x 177 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2012 49e
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
"In 1766 the Darlys moved to a second commercial premises, at 39 Strand, the shop depicted in The Macaroni Print Shop (1772). It continued to supply not only caricature and ornament, but a range of equipment for the amateur artist and decorator--'materials of every kind used in the Polite Arts of Drawing, Etching, &c with all Sorts of Drawing books for young Ladies and Gentlemen' (Public Advertiser, 1 Jan 1779), borders and decorations for print rooms and screens, as well as 'Ladies Stencils for painting Silks, Linens, Paper, &c, by Mary Darly' (ibid., 13 June 1769). It also sold portraits and history prints."--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography."Sells sundry comic subjects in volumes or single prints, drawing books for learners ... stencils in various devices for ladies painting on silk, linen, or paper; foreign and English colours ... transparent colours for staining drawings &c.; black lead, red chalk, and other drawing pencils ... copper plates ... fine etching ground, needles, gravers, scrapers, rules, compasses, racers, &c. ... transparent and tracing papers ... ornaments &c. for gentlens. book plates ..."Darly was active at this address from 1767 to 1780. See: Maxted, Ian. The London book trades, 1775-1800.BAC: British Art Center copy mounted on same sheet with (and partially below) an engraved trade card for Edward Malpas (cataloged separately: Folio A 2012 49d).Advertisement for Matthias Darly (ca. 1720-1780), comprised entirely of engraved text.
Subject Terms:
Darly, Matthias. | Artists' materials -- Great Britain. | Artists' materials industry -- Great Britain. | Engravers -- Great Britain. | Engraving -- Great Britain.