A Temple Macaroni Finish:none View of Lambeth Church and

View of Lambeth Church and Palace

the word came to mean more generally a tribal poet-singer gifted in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds

Portrait of an elderly man in the lace collar and robes of an official of the Corporation of London

'Middle Temple Macaroni'

A Temple Macaroni Finish:none View of Lambeth Church and'A Temple Macaroni', 1772; an exquisite with a waist length pigtail and a simpering expression minces along while a dog, also with a long tail, trots along beside him. Possibly a reference to Richard Grenville Temple, first Earl Temple. A macaroni was an eighteenth century British dandy who affected continental fashions.