The Camblet Macaroni.
Pub. accord. to Act. Decr. 2. 1772. by MDarly 39 Strand.
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
Full-face portrait of a young man standing with hands on hips, legs astride. He is not dressed in the macaroni manner, but wears a round cap of camblet, beneath which his own hair appears; he wears a plain coat and neck cloth, with a striped waistcoat. Camblet or Camlet was a rich woven fabric of Asiatic origin believed to have been made of camel's hair or angora wool. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V5' upper left and '3' upper right.
BM Satires: 5040.
[Ref: 14316] £160.00
Etching, 175 x 125mm. 7 x 5".
Full-face portrait of a young man standing with hands on hips, legs astride. He is not dressed in the macaroni manner, but wears a round cap of camblet, beneath which his own hair appears; he wears a plain coat and neck cloth, with a striped waistcoat. Camblet or Camlet was a rich woven fabric of Asiatic origin believed to have been made of camel's hair or angora wool. From 'Caricatures, Macaronies & Characters, published by MDarly', in an album of caricatures published by Mary Darly dated January 1776. It seems that her husband Matthew made the plates. Numbered 'V5' upper left and '3' upper right.
BM Satires: 5040.
[Ref: 14316] £160.00