The fluttering macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The fluttering macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [7 November 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. as the act directs Novr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "A tiny figure of a man balanced on the two outstretched hands of a giant lady."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
One line from a popular contemporary song etched below title: Say little, foolish, fluttering thing, &c.
Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Female dress, 1772 -- Toys: Dolls -- Actresses.
Second of two plates on leaf 29.
1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 17.8 cm, on sheet 26 x 20 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 29. 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)
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Lothian, William John Ker, Marquis of, 1737-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catley, Ann, 1745-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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