The builder macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The builder macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Novr. 1, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. as the act directs by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: An elderly man in profile and wearing a cocked hat peers through a circular glass; he wears his hair in a bag
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner.
First of three plates on leaf 89.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 179 x 126 mm, on sheet 250 x 154 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 89. 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
Watermarks (Paper) L V G.
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Hairstyles
Monocles
Wigs
Occupations
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Hairstyles
Monocles
Wigs
Occupations
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
L V G.

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