Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French, Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower, 1745

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Creator:

Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
after Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780

Title:

Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

Part Of:

Collective Title: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded

Date:

1745

Medium:

Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (37.4 x 47.6 cm), Plate: 11 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (30.1 x 37.8 cm), Image: 10 1/2 x 14 3/16 inches (26.7 x 36 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower right: "54,16,1f"

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, being now in the custody of M.rs Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are | walking in the garden) to propose a correspondence with M.r Williams, in order to ~ | contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower."; lower right: "(Same text repeated, translated into French."; lowest, center: "Published, according to Act of Parliament, July 1.st 1745."; lowest right: "6."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1994.4.329(f)

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Mrs. Jewkes, a housekeeper
Pamela Andrews
Mr. Williams

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52145

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