An impoverished-looking man, with a sword, out-at-elbows, and a hole in the bag of his wig, is walking away from the viewer looking backwards at him. He holds a 'Map of Peru' in his right hand and a book, his tricorne and an umbrella under his left arm. A rolled up sheet of paper protrudes from the right pocket of his coat
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 28, 1772, by Picot, St. Martins Lane
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
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
"Whole length portrait of a lady, standing in profile to the left. In her right hand she holds a ticket inscribed "PANTHEON admit Lady No. Rep". She resembles portraits of Mrs. Baddeley and appears to be regarding her Pantheon ticket with a complacent smile. She wears a low bodice and a necklace; a train from her shoulders falls over a frilled and flounced petticoat. Her elbow sleeves have wide lace frills, and she wears long gloves. Her hair is dressed high and ornamented with lace."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner., and For later state, see no. 4998 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, March 3d, 1772, according to act
Leaf 70. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a lady, standing in profile to the left. In her right hand she holds a ticket inscribed "PANTHEON admit Lady No. Rep". She resembles portraits of Mrs. Baddeley and appears to be regarding her Pantheon ticket with a complacent smile. She wears a low bodice and a necklace; a train from her shoulders falls over a frilled and flounced petticoat. Her elbow sleeves have wide lace frills, and she wears long gloves. Her hair is dressed high and ornamented with lace."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 70.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, March 3d, 1772, according to act
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 7th December 1772.
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.12.07.03+ Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 79. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A family scene of barren discomfort. An elderly man (left) in profile to the right sits in a high-backed wooden arm-chair asleep. Next him his wife sits asleep, her hands clasped, her left elbow supported on a table. At the table sits a boy asleep over a book. On the right, very upright on the edge of her chair, sits a middle-aged woman, wearing a low bodice, her hair dressed high. In the foreground a dog and cat are fighting. The room is lit by one guttering candle which stands on the table. A window and a door are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 239 x 295 mm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of image from top edge.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 7th December 1772.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 79. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A family scene of barren discomfort. An elderly man (left) in profile to the right sits in a high-backed wooden arm-chair asleep. Next him his wife sits asleep, her hands clasped, her left elbow supported on a table. At the table sits a boy asleep over a book. On the right, very upright on the edge of her chair, sits a middle-aged woman, wearing a low bodice, her hair dressed high. In the foreground a dog and cat are fighting. The room is lit by one guttering candle which stands on the table. A window and a door are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 79 of: Bunbury album.
"Full-face portrait of a man walking to right. and looking to his right. His right hand is in his coat pocket, his left thrust in his waistcoat. He wears a looped hat, his hair or wig is in a long queue bound with black ribbon. He wears a sword, laced coat, ruffled shirt and cravat, low buckled shoes. A dog of greyhound type walks in front. He resembles portraits of Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple (1711-79)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., For a later state, see no. 4994 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accorg. to act
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Dogs, and Nobility
Leaf 68. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Full-face portrait of a man walking to right and looking to his right. His right hand is in his coat pocket, his left thrust in his waistcoat. He wears a looped hat, his hair or wig is in a long queue bound with black ribbon. He wears a sword, laced coat, ruffled shirt and cravat, low buckled shoes. A dog of greyhound type walks in front. He resembles portraits of Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple (1711-79)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 2" in upper left corner and "11" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- The Temple -- ?Greyhound -- Queue wig bound with ribbon -- Little cocked hat., and Second of three plates on leaf 68.
Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
Alternative Title:
Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
Description:
Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner., and For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 5016 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Whole length portrait of a man with a dejected expression; his head is turned in profile to left. In his right hand is a money bag, and in his left a paper: "Scotch Bill for 10,000L". The four dice indicate that he is Alexander Fordyce, the most active partner in the firm of London bankers, Neale, James, Fordyce, and Down; he absconded in 1772
Alternative Title:
Fordyce macaroni gambler and Macaroni gambler
Description:
Title etched below image; four dice are depicted, suggesting the words "four dice" or the name "Fordyce"., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner., and First of three plates on leaf 77.
A whole-length standing portrait of Dr. Bragge who is pictured as a very fat and round-shouldered man who leans both hands on a walking-stick and wears a loose overcoat and pince-nez. Illustration to a letter describing Dr. Robert Bragge, a collector who "... generally goes by the name of the Connoisseur".
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London, 1768-[1776], v. 8, p. 69.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Collectors, Eyeglasses, and Staffs (Sticks)
Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 19th, 1772.
Call Number:
Folio 72 771 D37 v.3 plate 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to right, apparently caricatured for his old-fashioned dress and straight lank figure. His left hand is outstretched, his right holds a sword of which only the hilt is visible. He wears a wide flat hat and bag-wig. His long narrow coat hangs well below his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker identified in British Museum online catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Verse in two columns below image: "An Ugly Face & Staring Hat, A Carcase which has lost its Fat. An ill shap'd Coat, too bad for shew Yet Hides the Aukward Legs below. The Sword a Thing not meant for Harm And Therefore Hug'd betwixt the Arm. Whene'er at Court he shews his Face The Breeding Ladies Quit the Place Take him in short from Top to Toe And set him down the Queer Old Beau.", Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner.
Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 19th, 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:
"A man standing in profile to right, apparently caricatured for his old-fashioned dress and straight lank figure. His left hand is outstretched, his right holds a sword of which only the hilt is visible. He wears a wide flat hat and bag-wig. His long narrow coat hangs well below his knees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Ten lines of verse in two columns below title: An ugly face & staring hat, a carcase which has lost its fat ..., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 5009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats., and First of three plates on leaf 74.
Title from item., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Printmaker John Williams later adopted the pseudonym Anthony Pasquin., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: stand -- Jelly glasses -- Triple stand for jelly glasses.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act, March 14th 1772 by MDarly, 39 Strand
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.05.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs a small stag's head with antlers
Alternative Title:
City tailor's wife dressing for the Pantheon
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with plate reworked to include an altered publication line and changes to the design. For an earlier state published by William Humphrey that has an advertisement placard present on the back wall among other differences, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 772.02.05.02+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by Heny. Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill, London
An old man (a caricature of the composer Thomas Arne) stands in front of an ornate organ wearing a bicorne hat, bag wig, and a scowling expression. He plays the musical instrument with his left hand but keeps his right hand in his pocket. At his feet lies an open book (sheets of music) with the title 'Comus' on its cover
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily, partially trimmed, with initial P inside central leaf.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Oct. 24, 1772, by I. Middleton, Strand
Leaf 80. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two whole length figures. A woman (left) walks away from the man but looks round over her left shoulder. She wears a high conical cap trimmed with lace and ribbons, a hooded cloak over a voluminous skirt ornately embroidered at the hem. The man in profile to the left walks after her. His left hand holds a tasselled cane which rests on his shoulder, his right is thrust under his waistcoat. He is fashionably dressed with a laced hat, and his coat appears to have epaulettes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Courtezan and frizeur, Courtesan and friseur, and Courtesan & friseur
Description:
Title etched below image; the letters "z" in the words "courtezan" and "frizeur" are etched backwards., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Year of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Canes., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.8 cm, on sheet 19 x 14 cm., Imperfect; volume and plate numbers mostly erased from sheet., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act August 9th by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 80. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two whole length figures. A woman (left) walks away from the man but looks round over her left shoulder. She wears a high conical cap trimmed with lace and ribbons, a hooded cloak over a voluminous skirt ornately embroidered at the hem. The man in profile to the left walks after her. His left hand holds a tasselled cane which rests on his shoulder, his right is thrust under his waistcoat. He is fashionably dressed with a laced hat, and his coat appears to have epaulettes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Courtezan and frizeur, Courtesan and friseur, and Courtesan & friseur
Description:
Title etched below image; the letters "z" in the words "courtezan" and "frizeur" are etched backwards., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Year of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Canes.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act August 9th by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 80. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two whole length figures. A woman (left) walks away from the man but looks round over her left shoulder. She wears a high conical cap trimmed with lace and ribbons, a hooded cloak over a voluminous skirt ornately embroidered at the hem. The man in profile to the left walks after her. His left hand holds a tasselled cane which rests on his shoulder, his right is thrust under his waistcoat. He is fashionably dressed with a laced hat, and his coat appears to have epaulettes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Courtezan and frizeur, Courtesan and friseur, and Courtesan & friseur
Description:
Title etched below image; the letters "z" in the words "courtezan" and "frizeur" are etched backwards., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Year of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "5" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Canes., Second of three plates on leaf 80., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act August 9th by MDarly, 39 Strand
