The martial macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The martial macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [6 November 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 6th 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A macaroni miltary officer (possibly Lieutenant General Charles Horneck) carries a tasselled cane and wears a tasselled sword at his side. His queue wig is exaggerated in length and extends straight off his neck and reaches almost to his knees
Description: Title etched below image.
Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4711 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Text above image: Pray Sr. do you laugh at me.
Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "24" in upper right corner.
Provenance: Seven Gables; November 1971.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.8 x 10.7 cm, on sheet 24.7 x 15.4 cm
Edition: [State with volume number added].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 72 771 D37 v.1 plate 24
Collection Title: Leaf 64. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Horneck, Charles, -1804.
Subject (Topic): Daggers & swords
Dandies
British
Staffs (Sticks)
Wigs
Subjects: Horneck, Charles, -1804
Daggers & swords
Dandies > British
Staffs (Sticks)
Wigs
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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