A macaroni general [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A macaroni general [graphic]
- Contributor
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Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, artist.
Darly, M. publisher. - Published / Created
- July 22d, 1772.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Abstract
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A sour looking old man with an enormous belly, wearing a long, thin queue and a tricorne hat, stands in profile to the right. In the background, an equestrian statue in a rear view represents a similarly looking rider with a baton in his left hand. An inscription on the plinth, encircled in a wreath, reads 'Guliel. [...] Duc de Cum. victor de rebel 1745.'
- Description
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Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered '14' in upper right corner.
Subject identified by Horace Walpole on his impression of this print, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, as William Strode, Lt. General of 62nd Foot-Guard, with the statue he erected to the Duke of Cumberland.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Military officers: general -- Statues -- William Strode, 1698-1776.
Watermark: countermark IV.
Note on verso of this impression: HW's [i.e., Horace Walpole's] impression in PM [i.e., Pierpont Morgan], iii.67 verso, 277, has: "General Stroude [sic], with the statue he erected to William, Duke of Cumberland, in Cavendish Square."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of plate number. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. ii; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 17 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 772.07.22.01.2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) I V. - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
- Subject (Topic)
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Dandies
British - Subjects
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William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
I V.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8336956
- Object ID (OID)
- 10715971