- Published / Created:
- Nov. 6, 1776.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady with an enormous coiffure surmounted by hat with huge ostrich feathers brandishes a long whip as she drives her phaeton behind a pair of diminutive horses. The carriage is elevated on very high springs, and on its side bears a ducal coronet (a possible allusion to the Duchess of Devonshire) and the motto "Swift".
- Alternative Title:
- Phaetona, or, Modern female taste and Modern female taste
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 10., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages and carts, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Horses, Clothing & dress, Hats, Hairstyles, Carriages & coaches, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- Nov. 6, 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.11.06.01+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A lady with an enormous coiffure surmounted by hat with huge ostrich feathers brandishes a long whip as she drives her phaeton behind a pair of diminutive horses. The carriage is elevated on very high springs, and on its side bears a ducal coronet (a possible allusion to the Duchess of Devonshire) and the motto "Swift".
- Alternative Title:
- Phaetona, or, Modern female taste and Modern female taste
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Sheet mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages and carts, Women, Social life and customs, Social conditions, Horses, Clothing & dress, Hats, Hairstyles, Carriages & coaches, and Coach drivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- 16 Sepr. 1776.
- Call Number:
- 776.09.16.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three generations of a family gather around a humble hearth, forming an image of domestic happiness in a modest setting. The father, seated on a chair set in front of a fireplace, lifts a small child. The mother is seated to his right, holding the hand of one of child while a third plays a drum set on chair. An old man leans on the chair that holds the drum, a bed visible behind him, while at his feet lies a game bag containing a rabbit. On the mantlepiece a cat sleeps beside a lantern
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image. and A print in reverse after Etienne Aubry's Paternal love which was exhibited in Paris in 1775.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
- Subject (Geographic):
- France. and France
- Subject (Topic):
- Family life, Social conditions, Children & adults, Domestic life, Interiors, Clothing & dress, Drums, Lanterns, and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fond parents [graphic].