A lesson westward, or, A morning visit to Betsy Cole [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A lesson westward, or, A morning visit to Betsy Cole [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Morning visit to Betsy Cole
- Contributor
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- published as the act directs 2 Jany 1782.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for and sold by Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard London
- Abstract
-
"A girl, in profile to the left, seated on the box-seat of a four-wheeled cart drawn by a pair of horses. She is receiving a driving-lesson from a man who sits behind her on the edge of the cart in which is a sheaf of straw. On the side of the cart is a board inscribed "Tom Longtrot's Academy for Young Ladies. Driving taught to an Inch, Ladies compleatly finish'd in a fortnight, for Gig, Whiskey, or Phaeton: Single Lesson half a Crown, Five for half a Guinea". The girl holds whip and reins very awkwardly, the hind wheel passes over one of a litter of small pigs which is with a sow in the foreground. A short stout citizen (left) clutches a post or mile-stone in alarm at the prospect of being run over. The driver wears an elaborate hat with feathers and a muslin dress, very unlike the dress of the fashionable women-whips of the day, cf. BMSat 6114. Beneath the title is engraved, "Hammersmith Turnpike", and,"When once the Women taken the Reins in hand, 'Tis then too true, that Men have no command." Behind the cart the upper part of the toll-house appears, with the head of a grinning spectator, probably the toll-keeper. By the toll is a large rectangular Georgian house with a square pillared porch inscribed "WILL-SON". This is the inn, The Bell and Anchor, at the corner of Blyth Road close to Olympia"
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Below title: Hammersmith Turnpike.
Date erased from this impression. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 40 x 28 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 782.01.02.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Mezzotints England London 1782 - Material
- mezzotint ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Coaching (Transportation)
Carts & wagons
Swine
Couples
Taverns (Inns)
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Coaching (Transportation)
Carts & wagons > 18th century
Swine
Couples
Taverns (Inns)
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6756199
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723545