A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].
- Alternative Title
-
Fordyce macaroni gambler
Macaroni gambler - Contributor
- Darly, M. publisher.
- Published / Created
- July 2d, 1772.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Abstract
-
Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
- Description
-
Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce".
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner.
First of three plates on leaf 77. - 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
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title
- Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Collection Date
- [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Rebuses - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Fordyce, Alexander, 1729-1789
- Subject (Topic)
-
Dandies
British
Gamblers - Subjects
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Fordyce, Alexander, 1729-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dandies > British
Gamblers
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13906360
- Object ID (OID)
- 16737664