Le cabriolet [graphic]

Description

Title: Le cabriolet [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: April 17th, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. according to act by MDarly (39) Strand
Abstract: A French postillion on horseback drives a cabriolet to the left. A macaroni sits inside the carriage while a footman stands on the back of it. A dog runs alongside the vehicle; a man holding a parasol is passed in the background
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Four lines of verse in French below title: Barbares Anglois! qui du memê couteau ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge.
Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner.
Enlarged copy of no. 4633 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4. This is likely the print mentioned on page 42 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: French cabriolets -- French postillions -- French dogs -- Parasols -- French footmen -- Macaronies in France.
First of two plates on leaf 31.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18.2 x 26 cm
Language: French
English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 31. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): France
French.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
Carriages & coaches
Horses
Dogs
Umbrellas
Servants
Subjects: Clothing & dress > France > 1770-1780
Dandies > French
Carriages & coaches
Horses
Dogs
Umbrellas
Servants
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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