An ugly man with his feet turned in, dressed in macaroni style with tasselled hat, tasselled stick, and a curved sword, stands with an expression of anxious expectation in front of two fashionably dressed young women who appraise him from behind. Another young woman devotes her attention to a handsome young man who smiles as he gazes down at her; probably John of the title
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Publication date from Library of Congress version under the same title. Cf. LC PC 3 - 1774., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 29 x 21 cm.
A full-length view of Lord Grandison wearing a large arrangement of flowers on his lapel
Alternative Title:
Nosegay macaroni and Lord Villiers
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: The macaroni and theatrical magazine, or, Monthly register of the fashions and diversions of the times. London : John Williams, February 1773.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Grandison, George Mason Villiers, Earl, 1751-1800,
Subject (Topic):
Accessories (Clothing & dress), Clothing & dress, Corsages, Dandies, and British
A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed wtih lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall. She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face. A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene. A butcher's boy with a large tray stands in the street equally amused by the scene
Alternative Title:
Sleight of hand by a monkey and Lady's head unloaded
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from Horace Walpole's impression in the New York Public Library., and Plate numbered '344' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Apple orchards, Hairdressing, Butchers, Clothing & dress, and Monkeys
A dandy shown full-length seated to right, holding a phial to his nose and gazing at his reflection while a hairdresser prepares to attach a looped queue to his wig
Alternative Title:
Lily-white maccaroni and Lily-white macaroni
Description:
Title etched below image., Carington Bowles was located at this address between 1766 and 1793; date of 1774 based on other prints in a series on the same topic., Numbered '210' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Braids (Hairdressing), Clothing & dress, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, and Wigs
