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1. A noble aiddecamp [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- June 1804.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 68. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Lord Petersham sits erect on his horse in profile to the right, a large cocked hat in his right hand, the arm, in a long wrinkled sleeve dropped by his side. A family likeness to his father is stressed by the similarity of pose, see British Museum Satires No. 10294. His shoulders are oddly drawn, his waist pinched."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Noble aide-de-camp
- Description:
- Title etched at bottom of image., Leaf 68 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Lord Petersham" in pencil in lower left corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Dighton Junr., Charing Cross
- Subject (Name):
- Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851
- Subject (Topic):
- Military officers, British, Dandies, Horses, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A noble aiddecamp [graphic].
2. The macaroni courtship rejected [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dawe, Philip, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published according to act, March 20th, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 212. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on lecherous elderly men: a serving maid recoils as an elderly macaroni, sitting at a table with a glass, puts his arm round her waist and offers her a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Four lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Macaroni endeavours the maid to seduce, With gold and such prate as with fops is in use. In vain is his courtship; the maiden stil coy, Rejects the vile letcher, and all his false joy., Folded to 32 x 25.8 cm., and Bound in opposite page 212 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
- Subject (Name):
- Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Older people, Courtship, Lust, Drinking vessels, and Purses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni courtship rejected [graphic]
3. The sleepy macaroni Ste'-aling a nap [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 107. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on Stephen Fox, 2nd Lord Holland: a portly man with coat and sword in profile asleep on his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sleepy macaroni stealing a nap
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Sam Sharp-Eye is the pseudonym of an unknown artist, possibly H.W. Bunbury. See no. 5083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies, 1772 -- Male costume, 1772., Mounted on page 107 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.2 x 10.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs June 1st, 1772, by J. Bretherton, No. 134, in New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Stephen Fox, Baron, 1745-1774
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Daggers & swords, Obesity, and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sleepy macaroni Ste'-aling a nap [graphic]