A MACARONI DRESSING ROOM
Date1772
Artist/Maker
Soly
Publisher
Matthew Darly
ca. 1720 - 1780
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white etching and line engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 11 1/8" x OW: 14 7/8"; Plate: H: 8 5/8" x W: 13"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1941-13
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "I.W. sc./ A MACARONI DRESSING ROOM./ Pub according to Act June 26..th 1772 by MDarly (39) Strand."ProvenanceBefore 1941, Mrs. J. B. Taliaferro Antiques (Clarksville, VA); 1941-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).