A macarony alderman and his rib mb-width 4956 carrying samples of her wares

carrying samples of her wares

view of Cold Bath Fields House of Correction

the nearer one has been specially enlarged to accommodate a woman sporting an enormous hair-style which was the fashion of the day

'The king drinks'

A macarony alderman and his rib mb-width 4956 carrying samples of her wares'A macarony alderman and his rib', c1770. A fat alderman with an elaborate wig strolls with a woman, presumably his wife, as in the Biblical creation of Eve from Adam's rib. At the time their clothing was seen as being in extravagant continental style, the term macaroni being applied to fops and dandies and to those who emulated continental fashions.