The coach of safety this view sheweth that when the wheels are raised to twice the height of any other carriage they will not turn over ... [graphic]

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11001105

Description

Title
The coach of safety this view sheweth that when the wheels are raised to twice the height of any other carriage they will not turn over ... [graphic]
Contributor
Hatchett, J.
Published / Created
[approximately May 1789]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

A view of an elegant carriage showing details of the structure; one of the back wheels is shown on a rock to demonstrate the stability of the carriage. Parts of the carriage have been labelled with letters suggesting that the print was accompanied by a letterpress legend

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.
Provenance
Andrew Edmunds; November 2012.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 301 x 500 mm, on sheet 359 x 559 mm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
789.05.00.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

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

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11119671
Object ID (OID)
11001105

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