The Margate macaroni [graphic].

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Title: The Margate macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [30 November 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Novr. 30, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand, accor. to act
Abstract: "Whole length caricature portrait of a man in profile to the left. He is obese, with very short fat legs. In his right hand he holds an enormous cane which rests on the ground, in his left is a lorgnette. He wears a looped macaroni club, a laced hat and coat and a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner.
First of three plates on leaf 91.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 179 x 125 mm, on sheet 250 x 152 mm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 91. 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 hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Lorgnettes
Hairstyles
Wigs
Obesity
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Lorgnettes
Hairstyles
Wigs
Obesity
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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