Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French, Pamela setting out in the travelling Chariot (for her Father's as She is made to believe) takes her farewel of Mrs. Jervis, and the other servants; Mr. B. observing her from the window; by whose private order she is carried into Lincolnshire, 1745
- Title:
- Pamela setting out in the travelling Chariot (for her Father's as She is made to believe) takes her farewel of Mrs. Jervis, and the other servants; Mr. B. observing her from the window; by whose private order she is carried into Lincolnshire
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1745
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (39.7 x 50.2 cm), Plate: 11 7/8 x 14 15/16 inches (30.1 x 37.9 cm), Image: 10 1/2 x 14 3/16 inches (26.7 x 36.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower right: "54.16.1e"
Lettered, in black ink, lower left under image: "Jos: Highmore inv. et pinx."; lower right under image: "A. Benoist Sculp."; in next two sets of lettering, the left set is divided from the right set by a long vertical printed line: lower left: "Pamela setting out in the travelling Chariot (for her Father's, as she is made to | believe) takes her farwel of M.rs Jervis, and the other servants; M.r B. observing | her from the window; by whose private order she is carried into Lincolnshire."; lower right: "(Same text repeated, translated into French."; lowest, center: "Published, according to Act of Parliament, July 1.st 1745."; lowest right: "5."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Associates
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.329(e)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | carriage | cobblestone | crest | dress | driver | genre subject | handkerchief | hat | horses (animals) | leaving | literary theme | manor | men | nobleman | Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) by Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) | reins | secrecy | secrets | servants | travel | wheels | whip | windows | women
- Associated People:
- Pamela Andrews
Mrs. Jervis, the housekeeper
Mr. B, a Nobleman - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52144
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