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 on top edge.
Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing glasses.
Watermark.
Ms. note in contemporary hand below title: Dr. Richard Farmer - critic & theologian.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Edition: [State with border and lines on floor].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 772.11.16.01.2
Collection Title: Leaf 35. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

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

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