The two ladies [art original] / G.M. Woodward delin. April 1790.

Published/Created:

[England]
[April 1790]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor and wash with ink border on laid paper ; circular image 34.7 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 46.9 x 35.6 cm

Notes:

Title inscribed below image in black ink in the artist's hand.
Signed and dated by the artist around perimeter of the design.
From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
For further information, consult library staff.

Abstract:

A pretty, well-dressed girl steps into a hackney coach from the left while the coachman in blue coat doffs his hat. He stands facing left by the door and on the extreme left stands the girl's mother wearing a huge hat and carrying a muff. Ms. inscription below title: "This is the most fashionable coach on the stand says a pretty young lady stepping into me with all the hilarity of soul that distinguishes the cheerful children of prosperity; after whom followed an elderly lady her mother." (Vid. Adventures of a hackney coach).

Associated Names:

Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809 [Artist]

Topics:

Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Passengers

Language:

English

Genre:

Watercolors -- British -- 18th century
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Drawings W87 no. 14 Box D175

Orbis Record:

10181284

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06895

Citation:

G.M. Woodward, The Two Ladies. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10731242

PID:

digcoll:550398