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10. 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]
11. The macaroni painter, or, Billy Dimple sitting for his picture [graphic].
- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 25 Sepr. 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.09.25.01.1+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young Macaroni with an elaborate wig and enormous bow at his neck sits in an artist's studio as his portrait is painted by an artist, a caricature of Richard Cosway R.A., with an equally elaborate hair style. Both are fashionably dressed. The artist sits at his easel, his hand filled with paint brushes and an palette; the canvas faces the viewer so that the portrait is visible. On the wall in the background are two portraits, one of another dandy and one of a woman in an elaborate hat; the paintings hang on either side of a round mirror
- Alternative Title:
- Billy Dimple sitting for his picture
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Engraved by Earlom after drawing by Dighton. See British Museum catalogue., Earlier state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4520 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: illegible name (2 lines).
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Artists' studios, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The macaroni painter, or, Billy Dimple sitting for his picture [graphic].
12. The paintress of macaroni's [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 13 April 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.04.13.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Paintress of macaronies
- Description:
- Title from item., Cf. No. 4582 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: artist's studio -- Macaronies -- Female dress, 1772 -- Female dress: mob cap -- Toupée wig -- Club wig -- Furnishings: round mirror in gold frame -- Portrait paintings -- Artist's implements: palette and brushes -- Artist's implements: easel.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Interiors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The paintress of macaroni's [graphic].
13. [A real-scene on the parade at Bath] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, active 1760-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publishd. 21 March 1772.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 289. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire; an ugly old woman dressed in richly decorated black clothes, leering at a macaroni wearing a wig with an enormous looped queue, one hand on his shoulder while he lays one hand on his breast and smiles admiringly at her; a black page standing behind the old woman and a couple smiling at them as they pass by, in the background to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Pshaw, theres no trusting you macaronies
- Description:
- Title from later state., Additional title from note below image, written in pencil and brown ink: Pshaw, theres no trusting you macaronies., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on later state: Wilson delt. & fecit., Early state, with scratched-letter publication statement only. For a later state with the title "A real-scene on the parade at Bath" and other lettering in lower margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.363., Publisher from imprint on later state: London, Publish'd March 21st, 1772, by J. Parker, No. 82, Cornhill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Female costume, 1772 -- Male headdresses., Folded to 30.6 x 24.5 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 289 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:
- Henry Parker
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Dandies, British, Wigs, Older people, Courtship, Couples, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A real-scene on the parade at Bath] [graphic].