Well-a-day, Is this my Son Tom
Probably after Samuel Hieronymus Grimm Swiss
Publisher Carington Bowles I British
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The extremes of "macaroni" male fashion are mocked in this image which shows a fashionably dressed young man encountering his father during a visit home to the country. The older man, wearing the loose old-fashioned suit of a prosperous farmer, greets Tom with consternation. After living in London, the youth has adopted the dress favored by British dandies of the 1770s: tight breeches tied at the knee with ribbands, two watches seals falling below his waistcoat, a long tasseled walking stick and an enormous toupee wig adorned with side curls and a huge "club" hanging down the back. The ridiculous size of the headpiece is accentuated with a tiny cocked hat.
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