Matthew Darly
A Polite Artist
London, Matthew Darly, October 18th. 1773
Etching
175 x 125 mm
£85
The Title continues; on St Lukes day, under the patronage of Dr Bardana &c Portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. Under his arm is a large book, ‘Vegetab[le] Syste[m] by D …’ He wears patched old-fashioned clothes and torn stockings, a short wig which fails to conceal his own hair. His hat is under his right arm, a cane under the left. A representation of Sir John Hill
