{"product_id":"15794-darly-mary-matthew-macaronies-drawn-after-the-life","title":"Darly, Mary. (1756–1779 ) \u0026 Matthew. (fl. 1741–1778) \"Macaronies Drawn After the Life\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginal etching depicting on the left a \"macaroni\" (a fashionable and foppish young man of eighteenth-century England) standing at a table, while on the right a skeleton stands leaning on a shovel after digging his grave. Published in London in 1773 by Matthew and Mary Darly. Lettered top left \"V.2\" and top right \"22\"; below the image, title and \"Pub Accord to Act Dec 1 1773 by MDarly 39 Strand.\" 26 x 19 cm (sight); 38 x 30 cm (frame). BM Satires 4645. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe etching is intended as a light-hearted \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ememento mori\u003c\/i\u003e for fashionable young men of the day. The dice, playing cards and books (one on gaming and one titled \"Woman of Pleasure\") shown at the left hint at the young man's morality; on the right, the inscription on the tomb reads: \"Here lies Interr'd Dicky Daffodil who in a fit of Despair on a run of ill luck swallow'd the Die which lodging on his heart, brought on the bone fever \u0026amp; a Mortification. It was maliciously reported that he fell on the points of C. Hayes's scizzars, \u0026amp; not by those of the Fates.\" Charlotte Hayes was a well-known London prostitute and madam. (See: Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Division I. Political and Personal Satires, no. 4645.)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eMary and Matthew Darly were English printsellers and caricaturists during the 1770s. Mary Darly wrote, illustrated, and published the first book on caricature drawing, A Book of Caricaturas [sic] (c. 1762), aimed at \"young gentlemen and ladies.\" She was the wife of Matthew Darly, also called Matthias, who may have begun his career as an architect but who then moved into furniture designs and caricature, and soon acquired fame.  By 1756, the husband-and-wife team had printshops in Fleet Street and the Strand.  Mary was the sole manager of the branch at \"The Acorn, Ryders Court (Cranbourne Alley), Leicester Fields.\" and advertised in the daily papers in her own name as \"etcher and publisher.\" She was one of the first professional caricaturists in England.  The Darlys relocated their shop from Fleet Street to the West End as the craze for homemade caricatures grew. At their West End shop, they published between 1771 and 1773 six sets of satirical \"macaroni\" prints, each set containing 24 portraits.  The new Darly shop became known as \"The Macaroni Print-Shop\" and Matthew and Mary Darly fueled a rage for caricatures in London, flooding the market with prints on social life, such as those lampooning the so-called \"macaronis.\"\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093596459167,"sku":"15794","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Macaronies_Etching_15794_1.jpg?v=1722189078","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15794-darly-mary-matthew-macaronies-drawn-after-the-life","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}