The macaroni waiter of Drury L-e [graphic].

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Title: The macaroni waiter of Drury L-e [graphic].
Alternative Title: Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [28 February 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Feb. 28, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "Portrait, whole length, of a short man standing full face. In his right hand are a number of wine glasses, his left thumb is thrust under his apron-string. He wears a wide hat, a striped handkerchief knotted round his neck, a rough irregularly shaped apron over his coat and waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
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 "8" in upper right corner.
For a variant (earlier?) state without plate numbering, see no. 5154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Drury Lane -- Wide hats -- Wine glasses.
Second of three plates on leaf 96.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.7 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 96. 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
Aprons
Waiters
Drinking vessels
Hats
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Aprons
Waiters
Drinking vessels
Hats
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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