The oddity in change alley (plate 1), The aurelian macaroni (plate 2), A revd macaroni (plate 3)

Darly, M · 1773

Three hand-coloured etchings printed on the same sheet from a composite album of 97 folios (147 prints) of comic illustrations under the title Darly's Comic Prints of Characters, Caricatures, Macaronies &c., published by Mary and Matthew Darly in London in 1773. Stockbrokers met at New Jonathan’s Coffee House in Change Alley, or Exchange Alley, which was renamed The Stock Exchange in 1773. Plate 2 is a caricature of Moses Harris, who published 'The Aurelian, or Natural History of English Insects, Snails, Moths and Butterflies, together with the plants on which they feed' in 1766). It is the frontispiece from the printed book that is caricatured in plate 2: a self-portrait of the author holding a large butterfly net.