print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1915,0313.172
- Title
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Object: The Butcher Macaroni. Watts it you want. Watts it you buy.
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Series: Macaronies, Characters, Caricatures &c by MDarly. [1772] (Vol.4)
- Description
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No.12: Whole length portrait of a man standing; he sharpens a knife on a steel. On the right. is a butcher's block on which is a large calf's head. He is dressed as a man of fashion and wears a macaroni club, ruffled shirt and cravat. Beneath the title is engraved: "Watts it you want Watts it you buy". 7 September 1772
Etching
- Production date
- 1772
- Dimensions
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Height: 174 millimetres
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Width: 124 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935)
A portrait of a butcher named Watts, see H. Angelo, 'Reminiscences', 1904, ii. 267.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1915,0313.172