The Merionethshire macaroni [graphic].

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Title: The Merionethshire macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 1st, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Caricature portrait, whole length, of a man walking to the right. His profile is grotesque. He has a long, thin, tightly-bound queue. Under his right arm is a knotted stick. His sword has a large old-fashioned hilt. He wears a hat trimmed with a leek, his coat is long; round his neck is knotted a striped neck-cloth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
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 "20" in upper right corner.
First/Second/Third of three plates on leaf 85.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 176 x 125 mm, on sheet 217 x 138 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 85. 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
Daggers & swords
Hairstyles
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Daggers & swords
Hairstyles
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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