The drowsy contrast, or, Turtle & bone soup macaronies [graphic].

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Title: The drowsy contrast, or, Turtle & bone soup macaronies [graphic].
Alternative Title: Turtle & bone soup macaronies
Turtle and bone soup macaronies
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Novr. 26, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Social satire: two men, one in traditional wig and the other in Macaroni costume, both seated yawning."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge.
Plate numbered '23' in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Canes -- Furniture: Armchair -- Upholstered sofa.
First of two plates on leaf 35.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Edition: [State with imprint and plate number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 35. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper) I V.
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Chairs
Sofas
Staffs (Sticks)
Yawning
Subjects: Dandies > British
Chairs
Sofas
Staffs (Sticks)
Yawning
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
I V.

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