A law macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: A law macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [16 February 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, Strand, Feby. 16th, 1772, accor. to act
Abstract: "Portrait of a man, whole length, walking in profile to left. He wears a macaroni wig with a looped and bound club, and a cravat over a pair of bands. His long gown reaches to the ground. His right hand holds a rolled document, his left is on his hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "13" in upper right corner.
First of three plates on leaf 69.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21.5 x 13.3 cm
Edition: [State with volume number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 69. 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 hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
England.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Lawyers
Neckties
Wigs
Hairpieces
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 18th century
Dandies > British
Lawyers > England
Neckties
Wigs
Hairpieces
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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