"A macaroni dressed in a grotesque exaggeration of the prevailing fashion. His hair is in a high pyramid with side curls, an enormous club hangs down his back. A small three-cornered hat is perched on the top of his hair. He wears a large nosegay. He stands in a mincing attitude by a toilet-table, draped with muslin on which are boxes and toilet jars, the latter inscribed "essence" and "Rose". The wall is panelled and ornamented with mouldings; the floor is carpeted and there are two cane-seated chairs of an unusual pattern [This probably represents the dress of 'Lord P-----' as a macaroni buck at the Pantheon masquerade of 12 May 1773. See 'Oxford Magazine', x. p. 179, where his dress is described]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title from item., State with letters, as described in the British Museum catalogue from a print not in the British Museum collection. For a proof state before letters, see No. 5221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1773 -- Macaronies -- Dressing room -- Furniture -- Carpet.
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
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., and Second of three plates on leaf 96.
"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
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
" A grave-digger (l.) resting on his spade holds out in his left hand a decayed skull towards a skeleton-like man wearing an old-fashioned tie-wig, who is sitting on a rectangular tomb while he leans his right. elbow on another tomb at right angles to his seat. This man holds a scythe in his left hand, a pen in his right. He uses the second tomb as a writing table; an ink-pot stands upon it. His hand rests on two papers inscribed "Marcus Aurelius Servius Tullius . . ." and "Addison - Dr. Swift". From the jaws of the skull held by the grave-digger issue the words,"Life is a jest & all things shew it I thought so once but now I know it." In the foreground are bones and a skull; in the background (l.) a rat scampers away."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '11' in upper right of plate., Evidently a caricature of Lord Lyttelton (1709-73), author of 'Dialogues of the Dead'. He was noted for his thin, lanky figure and awkward bearing, see 'The Motion', British Museum satire no. 2479. He died in August 1773., Eleventh plate in the series Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foot Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., Another state, with altered title, of no. 5122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732)., Watermark., and Letters preceding and following dashes in title erased from this impression.
Title from item., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Numbered '7' in upper right of plate., Seventh plate in the series: Nature display'd both serious and comic in 12 designs dedicated to S. Foote Esqr. Series title appears only on the first of twelve plates., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from My Own Epitaph by John Gay (1685-1732).
Leaf 30. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two soldiers; on the left, a middle-aged man who has lost an eye, an arm and a leg; on the right, a young man peering at the other through an eye-glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numberd "V. 2" in the upper left corner and "11" in the upper right corner of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Military uniforms -- Spying glasses -- Wooden legs., Second of two plates on leaf 30., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1773, accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Soldiers, Veterans, Hand lenses, Eye patches, Amputees, and Peg legs
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Spying glasses -- Veterans -- Eye patches., Watermark: Strasburg bend (partially trimmed) with initials L V G below., and Mounted to 27 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Pub May 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Amputees, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, and Peg legs
Leaf 30. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two soldiers; on the left, a middle-aged man who has lost an eye, an arm and a leg; on the right, a young man peering at the other through an eye-glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numberd "V. 2" in the upper left corner and "11" in the upper right corner of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Military uniforms -- Spying glasses -- Wooden legs., and Watermark, partially trimmed: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1773, accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Soldiers, Veterans, Hand lenses, Eye patches, Amputees, and Peg legs
Leaf 95. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a thin man with a large head walking or running in profile to the right. His wig is a high toupet with a queue in a black bag. In his left hand he holds out a small three-cornered hat, in his right is a sword whose point rests on the ground. He wears a short coat with facings and epaulettes, and a ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: O -[Wilkes?] beware of this tremendous hat and arm, for should we by chance to meet it would me harm, for tho I to the world a poli-n now appear, yet d-n me but to my angelic wh-e am sincere., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner., For a variant (earlier?) state without plate numbering, see no. 5151 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and First of three plates on leaf 95.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Military uniforms, Wigs, Hats, and Daggers & swords
"Whole length caricature portrait of a thin man with a large head walking or running in profile to the right. His wig is a high toupet with a queue in a black bag. In his left hand he holds out a small three-cornered hat, in his right is a sword whose point rests on the ground. He wears a short coat with facings and epaulettes, and a ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: O -[Wilkes?] beware of this tremendous hat and arm, for should we by chance to meet it would me harm, for tho I to the world a poli-n now appear, yet d-n me but to my angelic wh-e am sincere., and Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Military uniforms, and Wigs
