“Monr. Le Médecin.”
24 Caricatures by Several Ladies. Gentlemen. Artists, &c., Pubd. by MDarly, Volume I, Plate 2

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Creator

MDarly

Title

“Monr. Le Médecin.”
24 Caricatures by Several Ladies. Gentlemen. Artists, &c., Pubd. by MDarly, Volume I, Plate 2

Coverage

London

Publisher

MDarly

Date

1771

Subject

Hand-colored engraving

Description

From the first of six volumes of caricatures published 1771-1773 by Mary Darly, an artist, engraver, and print-seller, one of the first professional caricaturists in England.

In mid-18th century England, a macaroni was the moniker for a young man who had been to Italy on the Grand Tour and returned to London dressed in high fashion. Darly and her husband Matthew owned a print shop in the fashionable West End known as the Macaroni Print-Shop.

Relation

From the collection of Josephine Lea Iselin