- Published / Created:
- Septr. 10, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 83. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A black man, dressed as a macaroni except for his tightly curled natural wool, walks in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left is on the hilt of a short curved sword or sabre with an ornamental hilt affected by macaronis."--British Museum online catalogue and "Perhaps a caricature of Jeremiah Dyson, always called Mungo after the name had been given him in a debate by Col. Barré, 29 Jan. 1769. Mungo was a negro slave in the comic opera 'The Padlock' by Bickerstaffe, and the name implied that Dyson was kept at dirty jobs for the Government."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. III: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner., Second of three plates on leaf 83., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Politicians, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Mungo macaroni [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- Septr. 10, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.4 plate 14
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 83. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A black man, dressed as a macaroni except for his tightly curled natural wool, walks in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left is on the hilt of a short curved sword or sabre with an ornamental hilt affected by macaronis."--British Museum online catalogue and "Perhaps a caricature of Jeremiah Dyson, always called Mungo after the name had been given him in a debate by Col. Barré, 29 Jan. 1769. Mungo was a negro slave in the comic opera 'The Padlock' by Bickerstaffe, and the name implied that Dyson was kept at dirty jobs for the Government."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. III: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Dyson, Jeremiah, 1722-1776
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Politicians, Staffs (Sticks), and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Mungo macaroni [graphic].