- Published / Created:
- Feby. 20, 1773.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 38. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A macaroni in a monk's robe walks to the right holding a bouquet of flowers; his belt is made up of playing cards and a dice box. The title is a reference to the social club Almack's.
- Alternative Title:
- Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation : to the tune of The babies in the wood
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Text below image: The Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation, to the tune of The babies in the wood., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Three columns of verse etched at bottom of plate: A macaroni once was I, in vice and folly try'd ..., Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "3" in upper right corner., and Second of two plates on leaf 38.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- British.
- Subject (Name):
- Almack's (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, Playing cards, Gambling, and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- Feby. 20, 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.02.20.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A macaroni in a monk's robe walks to the right holding a bouquet of flowers; his belt is made up of playing cards and a dice box. The title is a reference to the social club Almack's.
- Alternative Title:
- Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation : to the tune of The babies in the wood
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Text below image: The Macaroni's downfall, or, The pious dove's lamentation, to the tune of The babies in the wood., Variant state without numbering; Cf. No. 4642 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., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Almack's (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Dandies, Gambling, and Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The holy order of St. Almac [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1765?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A thin man, dressed in macaroni fashion, stands in profile to the right, holding a cane in his right hand and a bouquet in his left hand; a sword hangs from his side. A child stands behind him, hat held out as if begging for money
- Alternative Title:
- This club was instituted and kept at Almacks and called the Macaroni Society
- Description:
- Titled by the artist in ink below image., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Date from local card catalog record., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Subject (Name):
- Almack's (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Staffs (Sticks), Bouquets, Daggers & swords, Hats, Children, and Beggars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > This club was instituted & kept at Almacks & called the Macaroni Society [art original].