Jehu the true English coachman [graphic].

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Title: Jehu the true English coachman [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Augt. 10th, 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Portrait of a man whole length standing in profile to right. He has a bulbous nose, a stubbly chin, a protruding waistcoat. In his right hand is a tankard with an open lid, in his left a whip with a long lash. He wears a low wide three-cornered hat, a plain neckcloth, coat, long waistcoat, knee-breeches, buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Reissue, with plate number altered from "14" to "17". Cf. No. 5162 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "17" in upper right corner.
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Tankards -- Coachman whips -- Jehu -- Bible: 2 Kings ix.20
Second of three plates on leaf 99.
Provenance: P. Murray Hill; August 1945;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 45 cm
Edition: [State with plate number "17" in upper right corner].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 776D
Collection Title: Leaf 99. 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
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Coach drivers
Dandies
British
Drinking vessels
Whips
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Coach drivers
Dandies > British
Drinking vessels
Whips
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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