Mary and Matthew Darly

British print from copper engraving by Mary and Matthew Darly (from a drawing by Henry Angelo), part of a famous 1771-1773 series on "Macaronis" by the Darlys. The "Mungo Macaroni" (Mungo - a name of a slave character from a comic opera) is based on Julius Soubise.

Mary and Matthew Darly[1] were English printsellers and caricaturists during the 1770s.[2] Mary Darly (fl. 1756–1779) was a printseller, caricaturist, artist, engraver, writer, and teacher. She wrote, illustrated, and published the first book on caricature drawing, A Book of Caricaturas [sic] (c. 1762),[3] aimed at "young gentlemen and ladies."[4] Mary was the wife of Matthew Darly, also called Matthias (fl. 1741–1778),[5] a London printseller, furniture designer, and engraver. Mary was evidently the second wife of Matthew; his first was named Elizabeth Harold.[6]

  1. ^ Stroomberg, Harriet J. (1997). Matthew en Mary Darly: Graveurs, uitgevers en verkopers van prenten in London 1748-1781 in Die Boekenwereld No 13 (1996-97). Nijmegen, Netherlands: Vantilt. pp. 229–241.
  2. ^ Bryant, Mark (1994). Dictionary of British Cartoonists and Caricaturists, 1730-198. London, England: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd. p. 54. ISBN 978-0859679763.
  3. ^ Darly, Mary (1762). A book of Caricaturas with ye Principles of Designing in ye Droll and Pleasing Manner. London, England.
  4. ^ National Portrait Gallery | Search the Collection | Archive Collection | Caricatures | The Role of the Amateur
  5. ^ See Mark Bryant, "The Mother of Pictorial Satire," History Today, April 2007, Vol. 57, Issue 4, p. 58-9.
  6. ^ Constance Simon, English Furniture Designers of the Eighteenth Century (A.H. Bullen, 1905), 39-51.