A macaroni liveryman [graphic].

Description

Title: A macaroni liveryman [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act, March 25, 1772, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: "A very stout man of plebeian appearance standing in profile to the right. He wears a furred livery gown, and his hair is in a long doubled-up macaroni club. In his right hand is a knife combined with a spoon by a folding device; in his left is a two-pronged fork."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Robes of Liverymen -- Macaronies -- Knife with folding spoon attached -- Male Costume -- Long club wig.
Second of three plates on leaf 71.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 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 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 with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Wigs
Robes
Cutlery
Forks
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Wigs
Robes
Cutlery
Forks
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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