A man standing in profile and shown full-length walking to the right as he looks at himself in a hand-mirror. He wears a very tall wig, the queue tied in back with a very large bow, and a ruffled shirt. In his left hand he holds a tasselled cane
Description:
Title from caption below image., Signed by unidentified printmaker "J.H.", Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., "Who calls me a macaroni"--Text above image., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "1" in upper right corner., and For a brief mention of this print, see description for no. 5005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand
Leaf 72. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man standing in profile and shown full-length walking to the right as he looks at himself in a hand-mirror. He wears a very tall wig, the queue tied in back with a very large bow, and a ruffled shirt. In his left hand he holds a tasselled cane
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed by unidentified printmaker "J.H.", Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., "Who calls me a macaroni"--Text above image., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., For a brief mention of this print, see description for no. 5005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupee wigs -- Tasselled canes -- Lockets., and First of three plates on leaf 72.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Mirrors, and Staffs (Sticks)
