The butcher macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The butcher macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [7 September 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs Septr. 7, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Whole length portrait of a man standing; he sharpens a knife on a steel. On the right is a butcher's block on which is a large calf's head. He is dressed as a man of fashion and wears a macaroni club, ruffled shirt and cravat. ... A portrait of a butcher named Watts ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Text below title: Watts it you want. Watts it you buy.
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 "12" in upper right corner.
Third of three plates on leaf 82.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 13 cm, on sheet 23.0 x 14 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 82. 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
Butchers
Knives
Wigs
Neckties
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Butchers
Knives
Wigs
Neckties
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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