A macaroni general [graphic]

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Title: A macaroni general [graphic]
Contributor: Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: July 22d, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: A sour looking old man with an enormous belly, wearing a long, thin queue and a tricorne hat, stands in profile to the right. In the background, an equestrian statue in a rear view represents a similarly looking rider with a baton in his left hand. An inscription on the plinth, encircled in a wreath, reads 'Guliel. [followed by two illegible letters] Duc de Cum. victor de rebel 1745.'
Description: Title engraved below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Subject identified by Horace Walpole on his impression of this print, now in the Pierpont Morgan Library: William Strode, Lt. General of 62nd Foot-Guard.
State with plate numbered '3.'
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Military officers: general William Strode, ?1698-1776.
Provenance: Peter Murray Hill, Oct., 1957; Annotated on verso: 'Ld B' Album.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.2 x 17.6 cm., on sheet 29 x 21 cm.
Edition: [State with plate no.].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Subjects: William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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