A Macaroni Waiter

Date1772

Artist/Maker M. Darly

MediumHand colored etching

DimensionsOH: 8 1/2" x OW: 5 1/4"; Plate: H: 7" x W: 4 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1953-198

DescriptionUpper margin reads: "V5/ 5"
Lower margin reads: "A MACARONI WAITER./ Publish'd according to Act Dec.r 11 1772 by MDarly 39 Strand."
Label TextMacaroni print: full length portrait of a man walking in profile to the right. He is carrying a tray with cups and a teapot in his left hand, and a kettle in the right. Under his arm is a napkin. His hair is dressed with a straight crest in front and a bunch in the back, bound through the middle with a large ribbon.