The fortunate macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The fortunate macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [16 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accor. to act, March 16th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "A well-dressed man with a high-crowned hat and cloak leans on a table on which are dice, a pack of cards and piles of coins or counters; a carved serpent with a woman's head is entwined around the table leg."-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 "18" in upper right corner.
For an earlier state, see no. 4697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Braided queue wig -- Figure with serpent's tail and woman's head and bust around leg of table -- Dice, dice box -- Greatcoasts reversed for luck.
Third of three plates on leaf 70.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.7 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 70. 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
Hats
Gamblers
Playing cards
Gambling
Tables
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Wigs
Hats
Gamblers
Playing cards
Gambling
Tables
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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