Billy Button, Master of the Ceremonies to an eighteen penny rout & assembly [graphic].

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Title: Billy Button, Master of the Ceremonies to an eighteen penny rout & assembly [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 December 1771]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to act, Decr. 1st, 1771, (39 Strand)
Abstract: "A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Masters of the ceremonies -- Routs: Eighteen penny -- Club wig -- Literature: Reference to Samuel Foote's (1720-1777) play, The maid of Bath -- Actors in performance: Thomas Weston as Billy Button.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.5 x 10.9 cm, on sheet 19 x 13 cm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1771
Etchings England London 1771
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Actors
Bowing
Wigs
Daggers & swords
Subjects: Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
Dandies > British
Actors
Bowing
Wigs
Daggers & swords
England > 1771
England > London > 1771

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