Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male dress: clocks on stockings -- Hats: 'Nivernois' hat -- Reference to 'Monkey Land.', and Note on verso: 'Ld. B' Album.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt., Novr. 5th 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
"Satire on fashion: a French hairdresser mounts a ladder to arrange with tongs the curls of a lady with an enormous coiffure, while another man with a long queue, evidently her husband, holds a sextant to measure the height."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies absurdity
Description:
Title engraved below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Headdresses -- Naval officers -- Military uniforms -- Naval officer's uniform -- Trades: hairdressers -- Furnishings -- Carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Hairdressing implements: curling tongs -- Step ladders -- Naval instruments: quadrant., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parllt., July 15th 1771, by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, & R. Sayer at the Golden Buck, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, French, Hairstyles, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Floor coverings, Ladders, and Sextants
Head dress for the year 1771, Headdress for the year 1771, and Francoise à Londres
Description:
Title from item. and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Mountainous headdresses -- Female fashion, 1771 -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furniture: chairs -- Table -- Parrot stand -- Pets -- Reference to Lecture on heads by George Alexander Stevens.
Publisher:
Printed for S. Sledge, printseller in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
Leaf 62. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (whole length) stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if singing. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His left hand holds the right side of his coat. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French marrowbone singer
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4916 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Reference to Marylebone Gardens., First of three plates on leaf 62., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.1 x 10.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Oct. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 62. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man (whole length) stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if singing. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His left hand holds the right side of his coat. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French marrowbone singer
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4916 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Reference to Marylebone Gardens.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Oct. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
"A man (whole length) stands in profile to the right, his mouth wide open as if singing. In his right hand he holds blank sheets of paper evidently intended for music. His left hand holds the right side of his coat. His hair is in an enormously long queue bound with ribbon. His hat is under his right arm. He wears a large cravat, his shirt sleeves are frilled but his stockings are conspicuously patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
French marrowbone singer
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '16' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Singers -- Reference to Marylebone Gardens.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Oct. 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 58. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A macaroni carries a wig frame with a two-tailed lawyer's wig or a 'scratch' wig and a catogan wig
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue with added numbering. For an earlier state lacking volume number, see no. 4672 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 58., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 15.2 x 10.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt., July 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 58. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A macaroni carries a wig frame with a two-tailed lawyer's wig or a 'scratch' wig and a catogan wig
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue with added numbering. For an earlier state lacking volume number, see no. 4672 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "4" in upper right corner., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt., July 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand