The happy escape, or Arch-- runaway's [graphic]

One of a set of three prints on the same topic. Lady Archer (left) drives (left to right) her very high gig, but her daughters take the place of four horses. Three daughters, however, have broken their reins and run from their mother in single file. The remaining daughter holds up her hands imploringly. Lady Archer, with an angry expression, slashes her whip at the runaways. On the side of the gig is an 'A' in an escutcheon surmounted by three crossed arrows and a baron's coronet. On the extreme right is a signpost, one arm of which points 'To Longsl ....' The other, in the direction which the daughters are taking, 'To Bruton St.' All the ladies wear the broad-brimmed hats with high circular crowns which had just become fashionable. Lady Archer wears a driving-dress with a triple cape and a large shirt-frill. See British Museum online catalogue