The Cambridge macaroni [graphic].

Description

Title: The Cambridge macaroni [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [17 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act, March 17th, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "Whole length portrait (caricature) of a stout man walking in profile to left. His left hand is outspread on his protruding waistcoat. He wears a tasselled mortar-board, a very long and voluminous gown which rests on the ground. Except for his hair, which is in a doubled-up macaroni club, and ruffled shirt-sleeves, he is plainly dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "19" in upper right corner.
First of three plates on leaf 71.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 12.3 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 13.5 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 71. 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 (Name): University of Cambridge
Subject (Topic): Students
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Wigs
Robes
Mortarboards (Caps)
Subjects: University of Cambridge > Students
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Students > British
Wigs
Robes
Mortarboards (Caps)
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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