A journey to London [graphic].

Description

Title: A journey to London [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [11 January 1774]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1774, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: "A middle-aged lady (caricatured) riding (left to right) preceded by her servant who carries two trunks behind him on his saddle. She wears the riding-habit of the period and a round hat with a feather. She rides with a single rein in her right hand, in her left is a whip. The horses are ambling very slowly, both riders are using their whips. Similar in character to British Museum Satires No. 5266."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "20" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1774 -- Domestic service: Manservant -- Trunks.
First of two plates on leaf 53.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.8 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 27.5 cm.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.7 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 19 x 29 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 53. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Horseback riding
Riding habits
Servants
Luggage
Whips
Subjects: Horseback riding
Riding habits
Servants
Luggage
Whips
England > 1774
England > London > 1774

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