<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>A [four dice] macaroni gambler [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>July 2d, 1772.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce".</dc:description><dc:description>Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &amp;c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner.</dc:description><dc:description>For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5016 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>