The shuffling macaroni [graphic]

Description

Title: The shuffling macaroni [graphic]
Creator: H., J., active 1772, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [2 April 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand
Abstract: A man standing in profile and shown full-length walking to the right as he looks at himself in a hand-mirror. He wears a very tall wig, the queue tied in back with a very large bow, and a ruffled shirt. In his left hand he holds a tasselled cane
Description: Title from caption below image.
Signed by unidentified printmaker "J.H."
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
"Who calls me a macaroni"--Text above image.
Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "1" in upper right corner.
For a brief mention of this print, see description for no. 5005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 179 x 129 mm, on sheet 259 x 151 mm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Hairstyles
Dandies
British
Subjects: Hairstyles
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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