The timorous sporting macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The timorous sporting macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [16 January 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act Jany. 16, 1773, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "A man stands in profile to the left in a rural setting. He looks along the barrel of a gun with a raised trigger. He wears a large looped-up club, low hat, a coat with facings, half-boots and striped stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. V: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773.
Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18 x 13 cm, on sheet 24.5 x 15 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 72 771 D37 v.5 plate 22
Collection Title: Leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Hunting
Fishing & hunting gear
Rifles
Hairstyles
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Hunting
Fishing & hunting gear
Rifles
Hairstyles
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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