The bank macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The bank macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [17 April 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accord. to act April 17th, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A portly man, whole length in profile facing right, holds a quill pen, wears a frilly shirt (or jabot), a coat with large cuffs, and a club wig; presumably an employee of a bank
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner.
For an earlier state without numbering, see no. 4707 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Large jabot shirts -- Coat with large buttons and large cuffs -- Quill pens.
First of three plates on leaf 94.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Edition: [State with volume and plate numbers].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 94. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Bankers
Hairstyles
Wigs
Pens
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Bankers
Hairstyles
Wigs
Pens
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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