- 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:
- as the act directs 11 Aug. 1781.
- Call Number:
- 781.08.11.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Two ladies driving in a gig, advancing diagonally towards the spectator from left to right, on the road from Hyde Park Corner to Knightsbridge. The gig, which has a crest on its panel, is drawn by a pair of ponies with long tails and manes. The lady driving is standing up, she wears the fashionable driving dress of the period, coat and waistcoat of masculine cut, full skirt without a hoop, large feathered hat; a bunch of seals hangs from her waistcoat. Her companion (right) sits demurely with folded arms; her dress is more feminine. The background shows the front of St. George's Hospital (left).
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mezzotint version of no. 5939 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, without the large board inscribed 'Saint Georges Hospital for Sick' or the inscription on the pedestal 'Tattersal'.
- Publisher:
- Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Women, Horses, Clothing & dress, and Hats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two impures of the ton, driving to the gigg shop, Hammersmith [graphic].