print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1855,0609.1921
- Title
- Object: Lord - or the Nosegay Macaroni
- Description
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A standing man (Viscount Grandison, later Earl of Jersey) striking a pose with arms outstretched, wearing embroidered coat and breeches, a large nosegay and holding a feathered hat in one hand; a plate from 'The Macaroni and Theatrical Magazine', February 1773, p.193
Etching
- Production date
- 1773
- Dimensions
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Height: 183 millimetres
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Width: 103 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- The text in the Magazine describing Villiers states that "He was a coxcomb ab ovo .... [he] insisted on his chairmen wearing bouquets in their bosoms, whenever they carried him. or lady V-"
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1855,0609.1921