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The ladies accelerator / I.R.C. fecit.

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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856

The ladies accelerator / I.R.C. fecit.

London : Pubd 1819 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly, [1819]
etching, hand colored
image: 228 x 339 mm; sheet: 248 x 364 mm, trimmed
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.470
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows two pretty women on velocipedes. Both are very décolletée, one wears a round cap with feathers and tassels, the other an enormous feathered bonnet, with flowers under the scoop. Behind is a country house, and a sign-post points towards it: 'To Lark Hall'. The more voluptuous lady at right is saying: "I do not see why Ladies should not have a Lark as well as the Gentlemen."

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher..
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints