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1. The fly catching macaroni [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--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., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fly catching macaroni [graphic]
2. The fly catching macaroni [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.3 plate 17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, and Globes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fly catching macaroni [graphic]