The Upper Clapton macaroni [graphic].

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Title: The Upper Clapton macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 2d, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Portrait of a man walking fast to the left and looking round to his left. In his right hand he holds out a striped and spotted handkerchief; in his left is a cane. Pens protrude from his coat pocket. His hair is in a twisted and looped club; he wears a three-cornered hat, frilled shirt, short coat, striped breeches, and a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "6" in upper right corner.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of series numbering.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 181 x 127 mm, on sheet 245 x 151 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 772.04.02.02
Collection Title: Leaf 95. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

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

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