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A real-scene on the parade at Bath
Title
[A real-scene on the parade at Bath] [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [Henry Parker], publishd. 21 March 1772.
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 34.1 x 25 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Female costume, 1772 -- Male headdresses.
Notes
Title from later state.
Additional title from note below image, written in pencil and brown ink: Pshaw, theres no trusting you macaronies.
Printmaker from statement of responsibility on later state: Wilson delt. & fecit.
Early state, with scratched-letter publication statement only. For a later state with the title "A real-scene on the parade at Bath" and other lettering in lower margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.363.
Publisher from imprint on later state: London, Publish'd March 21st, 1772, by J. Parker, No. 82, Cornhill.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran.
Summary
"Satire; an ugly old woman dressed in richly decorated black clothes, leering at a macaroni wearing a wig with an enormous looped queue, one hand on his shoulder while he lays one hand on his breast and smiles admiringly at her; a black page standing behind the old woman and a couple smiling at them as they pass by, in the background to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Variant and related titles
In-house title: Pshaw, theres no trusting you macaronies
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2022
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1772.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1772.
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