The clerical macaroni [graphic]

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Title: The clerical macaroni [graphic]
Creator: W., I., active 1772, printmaker
Contributor: Mansergh, R. St. George, fl. 1772-1778, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: March 4th, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "A man, whole length, grotesquely caricatured standing in profile to the right. He is in the height of fashion (burlesqued) and there is nothing clerical about his dress. His right hand holds a large tasselled cane. His wig has enormous rolls of hair. He wears a nosegay, a flowered waistcoat over a protruding stomach, a large cravat, striped breeches, clocked stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker "I.W." unidentified.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Landford, John, d. 1792 -- Macaronies -- Tasselled canes -- Flowers: Nosegay -- Clocked stockings.
Second of three plates on leaf 69.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Edition: [State with volume number].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 69. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Clergy
Wigs
Neckties
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Clergy
Wigs
Neckties
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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