An old macaroni critic at a new play [graphic]

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Title: An old macaroni critic at a new play [graphic]
Contributor: Mansergh, R. St. George, fl.1772-1778, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [16 November 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, Novr. 16, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at left.
Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner.
Earlier state, without border around design and without lines indicating the floor in the image. Cf. No. 4699 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Quizzing glasses -- Critics
Watermark: countermark W.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 21 x 26 cm
Edition: [Earlier state without border].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Obesity
Subjects: Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dandies > British
Obesity
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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