print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1915,0313.225
- Title
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Object: The Antiquarian
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Series: Characters, Macaronies & Caricatures, by MDarly. [1773] (Vol.6)
- Description
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No.15: Caricature portrait of a man in profile to the right. He is smiling and holds up in his left hand a coin with a head inscribed "OTHO EMP". In his right hand is a cane with a chased handle. He wears spectacles, a large flowing curled wig, an oddly-shaped cap decorated with a pair of horns like those worn on medieval women's head-dresses, an old-fashioned heavily-trimmed coat, a long brocade waistcoat and boots (which appear to date from the 17th century) with large spurs. His sword has a crescent-shaped hilt. 9 September 1773
Etching
- Production date
- 1773
- Dimensions
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Height: 176 millimetres
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Width: 123 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)
Perhaps intended for Jeremiah Milles (1714-84), Dean of Exeter and president of the Society of Antiquaries 1768-84. Antiquarians were ridiculed in Foote's 'Nabob', Haymarket, 1772.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1915,0313.225
