The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].

Description

Title: The macaroni schoolmaster [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [7 December 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs Decr. 7, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Whole length portrait of a man standing in profile to the right. He holds a book in his right hand, a strap in his left. He wears a short, tightly curled wig, and a light flowered dressing-gown over dark clerical clothes."--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 "17" in upper right corner.
Second of three plates on leaf 91.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 12.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 178 x 126 mm, on sheet 246 x 151 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): Clergy
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Punishment devices
Teachers
Wigs
Subjects: Clergy
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Punishment devices
Teachers
Wigs
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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