The amourous macaroni, or, Captain, captain, come kiss me [graphic].

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Title: The amourous macaroni, or, Captain, captain, come kiss me [graphic].
Alternative Title: Captain, captain, come kiss me
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 15th, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: A very tall fashionably dressed young woman holding a spear in her right hand is looking down at a very short and thin officer with a very long queue who is trying to embrace her. In spite of standing on his tip-toe, his stretched arms barely reach her shoulders
Description: Title from item.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top.
Plate numbered '9' in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Military officers -- Weapons: spears -- Furnishings: carpet.
Provenance: Suckling ; May 1957 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 27 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Subjects: Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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