The Commissioners
April 1, 1778
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Dimensions
plate: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.7 x 35.3 cm) sheet: 11 7/16 x 17 5/8 in. (29.1 x 44.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Accession Number
83.2.1006
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Matthew Darly · 1720–1780
**Matthew Darly (also known as Matthias Darly, c. 1720–1780)** was a versatile British printseller, engraver, caricaturist, and furniture designer active in London throughout the mid-to-late eighteenth century. His early training began with an apprenticeship in 1735 to clockmaker Umfraville Sampson. He later established himself as a prominent figure in the print trade, operating shops known as “T...