"Satire on fashion: an elderly couple and a child visiting a menagerie are amused to see a monkey seizing the long queue of a macaroni while it seizes its own tail. The monkey is chained as are a bear and a wolf; a peacock and an eagle (?) are in cages."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Macaroni in distress
Description:
Title from item. and Numbered '366' in lower right of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Zoo animals, Monkeys, Bears, and Peacocks
"An elderly man, dressed in the macaroni manner with an enormous club of hair, walks, supported by a stick held in his left hand. His r. hand is firmly grasped by a young woman who points with her other (l.) hand in the direction to which she is leading him. She is tall and fashionably dressed and is evidently a courtesan."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Old macaroni misled
Description:
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Canes -- Female dress, 1772., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Leaf 45. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two macaronies in military uniforms stand under a huge parasol; the very tall soldier towers over the other, an officer
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 "23" in upper right corner., Second of two plates on leaf 45., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Military uniforms, Umbrellas, and Wigs
Leaf 45. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two macaronies in military uniforms stand under a huge parasol; the very tall soldier towers over the other, an officer
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 "23" in upper right corner., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Military uniforms, Umbrellas, and Wigs
Leaf 65. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
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 "3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4988 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Masters of the ceremonies -- Routs: Eighteen penny -- Club wig -- Literature: Reference to Samuel Foote's (1720-1777) play, The maid of Bath -- Actors in performance: Thomas Weston as Billy Button., and Third of three plates on leaf 65.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to act, Decr. 1st, 1771, (39 Strand)
Subject (Name):
Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776 and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Actors, Bowing, Wigs, and Daggers & swords
"A man standing (whole length) in profile to right. He appears to be bowing, his right hand is held out, his left fingers touch his breast. His profile is grotesque, with a bulbous nose and double chin. His hair is in a club. He wears a laced coat and waistcoat, frilled shirt-sleeves, low buckled shoes, and a sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Masters of the ceremonies -- Routs: Eighteen penny -- Club wig -- Literature: Reference to Samuel Foote's (1720-1777) play, The maid of Bath -- Actors in performance: Thomas Weston as Billy Button.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly accorg. to act, Decr. 1st, 1771, (39 Strand)
Subject (Name):
Weston, Thomas, 1737-1776 and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Actors, Bowing, Wigs, and Daggers & swords
Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 100., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Lawyers, Obesity, Wigs, and Robes
Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Lawyers, Obesity, Wigs, and Robes
Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below. Initials partially trimmed., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.5 cm., on sheet 19 x 13 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Lawyers, Obesity, Wigs, and Robes