Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Title:
A new book of horses and carriages / designed & etch'd by T. Rowlandson.
Alternate Title(s):
Rhedarium, for the sale of all sorts of carriages, by Gregory Gigg
Published / Created:
[London] : Pubd. by E. Jackson, No. 14, Mary le bone Street, Golden Square, [1784]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 28 x 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2011 80
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
At head of title leaf etching: The rhedarium, for the sale of all sorts of carriages, by Gregory Gigg.

Date of publication from plate 5.

Entirely etched, including title page.

Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p. 150

Falk, B. Thomas Rowlandson, p. 210

Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, I, p. 107

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in tan three quarter morocco and yellow cloth.
Contents:
Engraved title page -- A hack -- Loading a timber waggon -- Brewers Drays -- A gig -- A cart loaded with sacks -- Draymen and empty cart -- Millers Waggon -- A coach.
Subject Terms:
Carriages -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Transportation -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Coaching (Transportation) -- Early works to 1800. | Jackson, E. -- Publisher. | Etchings, Colored -- Specimens -- 1784.
Contributors:
Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785–1788, publisher.