Leaf 18. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of macaronis in a dressing room, one having his hair dressed by a flamboyant hairdresser and his young black assistant, another practising fencing, a third plays with his pet cockatoo, another looks down at a servant boy who is spilling a tray of cups. The pictures on the wall allude to the action ("Morning Devotion") and themes (Rotten Row Macaroni) in the print; also an ornate mirror is centered in the room on the wall. On the floor is a sheet with the Newmarket horse races listed. The man having his hair tended wears beauty patches on his cheek
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., For another version of this design in reverse, see no. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., On leaf 18., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act June 26th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
Leaf 18. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of macaronis in a dressing room, one having his hair dressed by a flamboyant hairdresser and his young black assistant, another practising fencing, a third plays with his pet cockatoo, another looks down at a servant boy who is spilling a tray of cups. The pictures on the wall allude to the action ("Morning Devotion") and themes (Rotten Row Macaroni) in the print; also an ornate mirror is centered in the room on the wall. On the floor is a sheet with the Newmarket horse races listed. The man having his hair tended wears beauty patches on his cheek
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and For another version of this design in reverse, see no. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act June 26th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '22' in upper left and '12' in upper right corner., Another state, with two plate numbers and by a different publisher. Cf. No. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
Pub. according to act June 26th 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity