The Piccadilly Macaroni.
Pubd. accordg to Act Augt 12th 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A very stout man with short legs standing in profile to the left. He wears a three-cornered hat; his club is looped at the back of his very thick neck. He wears a plain coat, ruffled shirt, spurred riding-boots. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '8' upper right.
BM Satires: 5026.
[Ref: 14247] £190.00
Etching, 170 x 125mm. 6¾ x 5".
A very stout man with short legs standing in profile to the left. He wears a three-cornered hat; his club is looped at the back of his very thick neck. He wears a plain coat, ruffled shirt, spurred riding-boots. From 'Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V.4' upper left and '8' upper right.
BM Satires: 5026.
[Ref: 14247] £190.00