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| Keywords: Venus a la coquelle - or the Swan-sea Venus.JPG artwork en published 28 March 1809 by Hannah Humphrey 27 St James's Street 1809 London It represents a fat lady who is seated in a shell drawn by two swans She holds reins attached to the birds' necks and a carriage-whip is in her right hand A brace of Cupids also perched on swans are riding behind her as pages This is said to represent Mrs Jones of Swansea a celebrated whip frequently seen in Hyde Park driving a curricle It is a very correct representation both of her person and costume One of her attendants is said to have been a particular favourite Thomas Wright and Robert Harding Evans Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray H G Bohn 1851 p 479 etching hand-colored and aquatint Scan of an original Creator James Gillray 1809 PD-old-100 James Gillray Caricatures of the United Kingdom People with swans in art People with boats in art Animal-powered transport in art People with water in art Paintings of Cupido Whips in art Females with birds in art Sitting women in art Riding in art 1809 cartoons Seashells in art Facing right in art Animal-powered vehicles Swan transport in art Swans in art of the United Kingdom Swans in 19th-century art Caricatures of swans Venus Anadyomenes | ||||
