- Published / Created:
- May 20th, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 74. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature portrait, whole length, of a man in profile walking to the right, grotesquely dressed, probably for a masquerade. In his right hand he holds a rod to each end of which is slung a fox's tail. A large fox's tail hangs from the back of his neck. A bell hangs outwards from the back of his waist. A ribbon flutters from his right arm. He wears a small cap with a tuft of feathers at the top. Rows of feathers (quills) or ribbons hang from his cap, his waist, and from the tops of his stockings which leave his knees bare."--British Museum online catalogue and "At the masquerades (c. 1772) groups of young men from the universities, some dressed as "Tom fools with cap and bells", were conspicuous. ... Evidently intended for C. J. Fox, a leader of fashion and already a favourite subject of caricature."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text above image: Tom Fool the First., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume., and Second of three plates on leaf 74.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Costumes, Masquerades, and Feathers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The original macaroni [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- May 20th, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.3 plate 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Caricature portrait, whole length, of a man in profile walking to the right, grotesquely dressed, probably for a masquerade. In his right hand he holds a rod to each end of which is slung a fox's tail. A large fox's tail hangs from the back of his neck. A bell hangs outwards from the back of his waist. A ribbon flutters from his right arm. He wears a small cap with a tuft of feathers at the top. Rows of feathers (quills) or ribbons hang from his cap, his waist, and from the tops of his stockings which leave his knees bare."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state and "At the masquerades (c. 1772) groups of young men from the universities, some dressed as "Tom fools with cap and bells", were conspicuous. ... Evidently intended for C. J. Fox, a leader of fashion and already a favourite subject of caricature."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text above image: Tom Fool the First., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., and For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5010 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The original macaroni [graphic].