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The MACARONI COURTSHIP REJECTED
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The MACARONI COURTSHIP REJECTED

DateMarch 20, 1772
Publisher 1701 - 1779
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 14" x OW: 10"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1973-253
DescriptionText below the scene reads: "The MACARONI COURTSHIP REJECTED./ Printed for John Bowles, at N.o 13 in Cornhill. P. Dawe fecit./ Macaroni endeavours the Maid to seduce,/With Gold and such Prate as with Fops is in Use./In vain is his Courtship; the Maiden still coy,/Rejects the vile Letcher, and all his false Joy./Published according to Act March 20.th 1772."ProvenanceBefore 1973, Walter T. Spencer (London, England); 1973-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).