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The Lilly Macaroni

Matthew Darly  (British, ca. 1720–1778 (?))

Publisher:
Mary Darly (British, 1760–1781)
Date:
November 13, 1771
Medium:
Etching
Dimensions:
plate: 6 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (15.8 x 10.7 cm) sheet: 8 13/16 x 5 7/16 in. (22.4 x 13.8 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011
Accession Number:
2011.88(24)
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: in plate: "Pub'd accor'g to Act of Parl't by MDarly 39 Strand Nov-r 13 1771"

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel , Munich

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    British Museum Satires, IV.4687

  • References

    Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine Ex. cat.: September 13, 2011 - March 4, 2012. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, cat. no. 32, 50-51, ill.



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