Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Phaaetona, or, Modern female taste [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Phaetona, or, Modern female taste
Modern female taste - Contributor
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
- Published / Created
- Nov. 6, 1776.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Abstract
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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".
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Sheet mounted to 27 x 37 cm. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.1 x 34.1 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 776.11.06.01+
- Collection Title
- Leaf 10. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Collection Date
- [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Engravings England London 1776 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824.
- Subject (Topic)
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Carriages and carts
Women
Social life and customs
Social conditions
Horses
Clothing & dress
Hats
Hairstyles
Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers - Subjects
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Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824
Carriages and carts > England > Early works to 1800
Women > England > Social life and customs > 18th century
Women > England > Social conditions > 18th century
Horses
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Hats
Hairstyles > England > 1770-1780
Carriages & coaches > England > 18th century
Coach drivers > England > 18th century
England > 1776
England > London > 1776
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6576464
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723048