A Billingsgate fishwoman thrusts a fish in the face of startled macaroni who is about to draw his sword in reaction, while another woman, leaning out of the window of a grog shop behind them, is cutting off his long queue. Meanwhile, the macaroni's pet dog steals a fish from the fishwoman's basket
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint. Imprint from an impression in the Library of Congress, call number PC 3 - 1773 - Enraged macaroni (A size) [P&P]., State with title, printmaker's name and publication date. Cf. Impression in the Library of Congress., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: The Billingsgate with rude and cutting jokes the macaroni to fierce rage provokes ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1773 -- Street scenes -- Buildings: taverns -- Checkers sign -- Trades: fishwoman -- Pets: King Charles spaniel., and Window mounted to 39 x 29 cm.
"A macaroni dressed in a grotesque exaggeration of the prevailing fashion. His hair is in a high pyramid with side curls, an enormous club hangs down his back. A small three-cornered hat is perched on the top of his hair. He wears a large nosegay. He stands in a mincing attitude by a toilet-table, draped with muslin on which are boxes and toilet jars, the latter inscribed "essence" and "Rose". The wall is panelled and ornamented with mouldings; the floor is carpeted and there are two cane-seated chairs of an unusual pattern [This probably represents the dress of 'Lord P-----' as a macaroni buck at the Pantheon masquerade of 12 May 1773. See 'Oxford Magazine', x. p. 179, where his dress is described]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title from item., State with letters, as described in the British Museum catalogue from a print not in the British Museum collection. For a proof state before letters, see No. 5221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Male fashion, 1773 -- Macaronies -- Dressing room -- Furniture -- Carpet.
Old Gripus plunder'd by his young wife and Old Gripus plundered by his young wife
Description:
Title from item., Four lines of verse below title: How hard is the conflict, yet claims ridicule, when doting and av'rice possess an old fool! ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Money: bag of gold -- Boxes: strong-boxes -- Misers -- Female dress, 1773.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill. Published according to the act
"Satire on connoisseurs: a man holds up a candle to examine a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy; the candle flame is shielded by the man's hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Connoisseur
Description:
Title from later state described in the British Museum catalogue., Early state. No title is present; the names of the artist, publisher, and printmaker are engraved directly beneath image; and the publication line with date is at the bottom of the plate. For a later state with title added and artist and printmaker names removed, published in 1776 by Sayer & Bennett, see No. 4621 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: candlestick -- Yawns -- Painting: frame -- Candle lighting picture., and Matted to 72 x 56 cm.
