An old macaroni miss-led [graphic].

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Title: An old macaroni miss-led [graphic].
Alternative Title: Old macaroni misled
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 26th 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "An elderly man, dressed in the macaroni manner with an enormous club of hair, walks, supported by a stick held in his left hand. His r. hand is firmly grasped by a young woman who points with her other (l.) hand in the direction to which she is leading him. She is tall and fashionably dressed and is evidently a courtesan."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides.
Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Canes -- Female dress, 1772.
Watermark: countermark IV.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 2, 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 26 x 17.9 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
Prostitutes
Wigs
Subjects: Dandies > British
Prostitutes
Wigs
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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