An exhibition of wild beasts, or, The macaroni in distress [graphic].

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Title: An exhibition of wild beasts, or, The macaroni in distress [graphic].
Alternative Title: Macaroni in distress
Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created: 10 Octor. 1774.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract: "Satire on fashion: an elderly couple and a child visiting a menagerie are amused to see a monkey seizing the long queue of a macaroni while it seizes its own tail. The monkey is chained as are a bear and a wolf; a peacock and an eagle (?) are in cages."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Numbered '366' in lower right of plate.
Provenance: Michael Finney; 9 June 2004;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 40 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Mezzotints England London 1774
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Wigs
Zoo animals
Monkeys
Bears
Peacocks
Subjects: Dandies > British
Wigs
Zoo animals
Monkeys
Bears
Peacocks
England > 1774
England > London > 1774

Access: Public
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