The illiterate macaroni of 21 learning his A.B.C [graphic].

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Title: The illiterate macaroni of 21 learning his A.B.C [graphic].
Alternative Title: Illiterate macaroni of twenty-one learning his A.B.C.
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: July 1st, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: A satirical portrait of an elegant young man, whole length in profile facing left, reading through a glass at a book on which is printed the alphabet. Probably a representation of Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 78.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 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 78. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1739-1779
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Hand lenses
Books
Wigs
Subjects: Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1739-1779 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Hand lenses
Books
Wigs
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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