The little deans yard macaroni [graphic].

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Title: The little deans yard macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [30 July 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by MDarly, Strand, July 30th, 1772, accor. to act
Abstract: "A man whole length seated in a chair, his right leg crossed over his left knee. He looks in profile to the right and points with his left hand, the other hangs over the arm of the chair holding a glove. He wears a fiat three-cornered hat, a short tightly curled wig, a pair of bands, and a voluminous gown. ... Probably a portrait of the head master of Westminster School, Dr. Samuel Smith, see British Museum Satires Nos. 4680, 4921."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Text in Latin etched above title: Sanguineos oculos volvit, virgamque requirit.
Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "V. 4" in upper left corner and "2" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 79.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.1 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.1 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 14.0 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 79. 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): Smith, Samuel, approximately 1731-1808
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
School principals
Chairs
Wigs
Gloves
Hats
Robes
Subjects: Smith, Samuel, approximately 1731-1808 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
School principals
Chairs
Wigs
Gloves
Hats
Robes
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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