The fly catching macaroni [graphic]

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Title: The fly catching macaroni [graphic]
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [12 July 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly.
Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 177 x 124 mm, on sheet 247 x 154 mm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic): Naturalists
Butterflies
Butterfly nets
Dandies
British
Globes
Subjects: Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Naturalists > Great Britain
Butterflies
Butterfly nets
Dandies > British
Globes
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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