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1. A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1775?]
- Call Number:
- 775.02.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man wearing laced coat and sword and holding a snuff box leans on an elaborately carved console table of the pump room at Bath, admiring himself in a mirror. An illustration for the "History of Captain S_: or, the Bath Adonis."
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date and publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Extended to 26 x 18 cm.
- Publisher:
- The Matrimonial Magazine?
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bath (England) and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Furniture, Mirrors, Wallpaper, and Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Bath Adonis worshiping the idol of his affections [graphic].
2. Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.83+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A macabre caricature divided into two compartments, The Dandy and The Dangle. On the left, a strutting dandy ties his neckcloth in front of a mirror saying: 'I declare these large Neckcloths are monstrously handy, They [serve] for a shirt too and make one a Dandy.' The right hand image is of a dandy, head covered in a cloth, dangling from a wooden beam with a tie around his neck. Behind him is a town square and in the foreground, a crowd looks on. The image is accompanied by the text: 'When a man comes to this there's little to hope, His neat Dandy Neckcloth is changed for a Rope'.
- Alternative Title:
- Modern neckcloths
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from dealer's description., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary manuscript correction in ink of the leftmost speech bubble, with the omitted word "serve" inserted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Great Britain, Clothing & dress, Crowds, Dandies, Mirrors, Neckties, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
3. How d'ye like me [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 19 Novr. 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.11.19.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on ageing macaronis; an elderly man wearing an elaborate wig stands whole-length to front in a fashionable interior, his right hand to his chin, his left in his breeches pocket."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- How do you like me
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Imperfect; publication date erased from end of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered '260' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Bag wig -- Furniture: oval mirror in gold frame -- Furniture: upholstered chair -- Furnishings: window curtain.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Older people, Wigs, Mirrors, Chairs, and Draperies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > How d'ye like me [graphic].
4. Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].
- Creator:
- Crowquill, Alfred, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 1825.
- Call Number:
- 825.09.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An effeminate dandy, elongated and with very thin arms and legs, leans back in a chair, one thin arm drooping to the ground, the other curving over his head, his fingers caressing a curl on his forehead. He gazes sideways with a languishing smile at his reflection in the toilet-table glass. He has a thread-like moustache, blue tail-coat with high collar and sleeves, a rose in the button-hole, a white collar and cravat, white waistcoat with a long gold watch-chain round the neck, long light pantaloons, tight from the knee, full at the waist; low pumps with very-pointed toes. On the dressing-table are brush and comb, stoppered bottle, &c, and long tube-like bottle (of Eau de Cologne). Behind (right) on a similar chair a monkey squats admiring its face in a hand-glass. The room is bare, but carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Exquisite at his devotions
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Crowquill from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper edge.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by E. King 23 Chancery Lane
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, Dressing tables, Mirrors, Monkeys, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Love, or, An exquisite at his devotions [graphic].
5. The lilly-white maccaroni [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs [approximately 1774]
- Call Number:
- 774.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dandy shown full-length seated to right, holding a phial to his nose and gazing at his reflection while a hairdresser prepares to attach a looped queue to his wig
- Alternative Title:
- Lily-white maccaroni and Lily-white macaroni
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Carington Bowles was located at this address between 1766 and 1793; date of 1774 based on other prints in a series on the same topic., Numbered '210' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Braids (Hairdressing), Clothing & dress, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The lilly-white maccaroni [graphic].
6. The shuffling macaroni [graphic]
- Creator:
- H., J., active 1772, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 72. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man standing in profile and shown full-length walking to the right as he looks at himself in a hand-mirror. He wears a very tall wig, the queue tied in back with a very large bow, and a ruffled shirt. In his left hand he holds a tasselled cane
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Signed by unidentified printmaker "J.H.", Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., "Who calls me a macaroni"--Text above image., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., For a brief mention of this print, see description for no. 5005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupee wigs -- Tasselled canes -- Lockets., and First of three plates on leaf 72.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Mirrors, and Staffs (Sticks)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The shuffling macaroni [graphic]