The noviciate of a macaroni Ranelagh, 1772. [graphic]

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Title: The noviciate of a macaroni Ranelagh, 1772. [graphic]
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Feby. 10th, 1771 [i.e. 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. according to act by MDarly
Abstract: "Portrait of a man, middle-aged or elderly, whole length walking in profile to the right. He wears a macaroni wig with ringlets and a large club tightly bound with black ribbon. A small three-cornered hat is in his left hand, his right is on his hip. He wears a sword, a nosegay, a ruffled shirt, and low buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner.
For an earlier state, see no. 4993 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Wig with ringlets surrounding face -- Nosegays -- Ranelagh.
First of three plates on leaf 68.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Edition: [State with volume number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 68. 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
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Wigs
Daggers & swords
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Wigs
Daggers & swords
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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