The coach of safety this view shews that when the wheels are turn'd over, the body and coach box still keep their perpendicular direction ... [graphic]

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11001104

Description

Title
The coach of safety this view shews that when the wheels are turn'd over, the body and coach box still keep their perpendicular direction ... [graphic]
Creator
Hatchett, J. (John), printmaker
Published / Created
[approximately May 1789]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

A view of an elegant carriage showing details of the underside of the wheels; the body and coach box are shown upright

Description
Title from text above image.
Publication date based on presentation inscription from John Hatchett to the Royal Society, 13th May 1789.
Dedication below image: "To the most noble the Marquis of Landsdown, this plate of his Lordship's carriage is most humbly inscribed. By his Lordship's most obedient servant the inventor and patentee, John Hatchett, Long Acre London."
One of a series of two plates.
Elaborate watercolor & body color, heightened with silver and partly finished with shellac or gum arabic.
With a wash drawing of a coachman, reins in hand, added behind the front wheels.
Provenance
Andrew Edmunds; November 2012.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 30.0 x 50 cm, on sheet 35.7 x 56 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
789.05.00.02+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Advertisements
Aquatints England London 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material
etching with engraving and aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England
Subject (Topic)
Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Subjects
Carriages & coaches > England > 18th century
Coach drivers
England > London > 1789
British > 18th century
Royal Society > Ownership
Hatchett, John > Presentation inscription

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
11119738
Object ID (OID)
11001104

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