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The sleepy macaroni dreaming for the good of his country
Title
The sleepy macaroni [graphic] : dreaming for the good of his country / WB [monogram] invt. et sc.
Edition
[State without volume number].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. accorg. to act June 4th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand, [4 June 1772]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18.0 x 13 cm, on sheet 24.9 x 15 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title from caption below image.
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 "14" in upper right corner.
For a later state with additional numbering, see no. 4648 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Summary
A portly man (Stephen Fox, 2nd Lord Holland) sleeps in an arm-chair, whole length and facing right. He holds a book in his right hand.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1772.
Etchings - England - London - 1772.
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