Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British, The Houndsditch Macaroni, 1772
- Title:
- The Houndsditch Macaroni
- Additional Title(s):
- The Houndstitch Macaroni
- Date:
- 1772
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 x 8 9/16 inches (25.4 x 21.7 cm), Plate: 10 x 6 7/16 inches (25.4 x 16.4 cm), Image: 8 9/16 x 5 15/16 inches (21.7 x 15.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "44537 (encircled)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "HWBunbury delin."; lower center: "THE HOUNDSDITCH MACARONI | Publish'd as the Act directs 20th. December 1772. By J. Bretherton No. 134. New Bond Street"; lower right: "J. Bretherton f."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.11154
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bow (costume accessory) | breeches (trousers) | caricature | coat | costume | fashion | genre subject | humor | macaroni | man | parody | profile (figure) | satire | sword | tricorne | waistcoat | wig
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30598
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