A macarony alderman and his rib mb-width 4956 'Political Chess'

'Political Chess'

on the east side of Stoke Newington Road

view of Cold Bath Fields House of Correction

45 posters in humourous juxtaposition on a fence

View of the approach to London Bridge along Borough High Street

A macarony alderman and his rib mb-width 4956 'Political Chess''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.