The Spital Fields phaeton [graphic].

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Title: The Spital Fields phaeton [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Jany. 5, 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accord. to act by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "An obese citizen sits in a small heavily-built phaeton, drawn (left to right) by a clumsy pony ridden by an elderly postilion with a wooden leg, ambling slowly along. ... Behind the carriage stands a footman in macaroni dress; his master is dressed in a more old-fashioned manner."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state
Description: Title etched below image.
Later of the two known states, with additions to the design and with different plate number. For the earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 773.01.05.01.1.
Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "10" in upper right corner.
Plate later reissued by R. Sayer with a different title. Cf. No. 5176 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: Phaeton -- 'Cits' -- Domestic service: Footman -- Postilions -- Wooden legs.
First of two plates on leaf 40.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 20 x 27 cm
Edition: [2nd state].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 40. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dandies
British
Carriages & coaches
Servants
Peg legs
Subjects: Dandies > British
Carriages & coaches
Servants
Peg legs
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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