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The shuffling macaroni
Title
The shuffling macaroni [graphic] / J.H. fecit.
Edition
[State without volume number].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand, [2 April 1772]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 179 x 129 mm, on sheet 259 x 151 mm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title from caption 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 from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "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.
Summary
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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 09, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1772.
Etchings - England - London - 1772.
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