A macaroni liveryman [graphic].

Description

Title: A macaroni liveryman [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act, March 25, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "A very stout man of plebeian appearance standing in profile to the right. He wears a furred livery gown, and his hair is in a long doubled-up macaroni club. In his right hand is a knife combined with a spoon by a folding device; in his left is a two-pronged fork."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title from caption below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper edge.
Plate numbered "20" in upper right corner.
For a later state, see no. 5000 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 13.2 cm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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