"Whole length caricature portrait of a thin man with a large head walking or running in profile to the right. His wig is a high toupet with a queue in a black bag. In his left hand he holds out a small three-cornered hat, in his right is a sword whose point rests on the ground. He wears a short coat with facings and epaulettes, and a ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: O -[Wilkes?] beware of this tremendous hat and arm, for should we by chance to meet it would me harm, for tho I to the world a poli-n now appear, yet d-n me but to my angelic wh-e am sincere., and Plate from vol. VI: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand, Novr. 1, 1773.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Military uniforms, and Wigs
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved., Companion print: A macaroni family returning from church, also published in the Macaroni and theatrical magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4822., Plate from: The macaroni and theatrical magazine. London : John Williams, April 1773, p. 323., and Temporary local subject terms: Dress: child's dress, 1773 -- Newspapers: London Gazette -- Table setting: breakfast -- Domestic service: black page -- Domestic service: footmen -- Male dress: nightcaps -- Male dress: dressing gown.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Cats, Dandies, British, Dogs, Monkeys, Parrots, Squirrels, and Wigs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 20th March 1773, New Bond Street No. 134.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher identified from street address., One line of text below title, in lower left: Macaroni & other soups hot every day., Temporary local subject terms: Taverns: Salutation Tavern Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Queue wig., Mounted on page 89 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.1 x 31.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 20th March 1773, New Bond Street No. 134.
Call Number:
773.03.20.03+
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher identified from street address., One line of text below title, in lower left: Macaroni & other soups hot every day., Temporary local subject terms: Taverns: Salutation Tavern Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Queue wig., Matted to 49 x 61 cm., Manuscript note in contemporary hand below plate mark: Mr. Blunt, Mr. Sharp were never engrav'd., W.S. Lewis's note on verso of print: Salutation Tavern, Margate St., London Past & Present, iii, 207., and Formerly shelved with the Bunbury Collection.
Leaf 25. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum Satire No. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5170 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Hats., On leaf 25., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Leaf 25. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum Satire No. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., State without plate number. Cf. No. 5170 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Hats., and Watermark : countermark W.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
A companion print to British Museum satire no. 5169. Fourteen caricature heads showing the different types of wig worn in 1773. Most appear to be portraits: one is evidently a caricature of Lord Chancellor Bathurst, see British Museum satire no. 4888."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '29' in upper left corner. Plate number cited in the British Museum Catalogue: 28., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 12, 1773, by M Darly, 39 Strand