"Pamela, Plate 5" (no title)

DateJuly 1, 1745

After work by Joseph Highmore (ca. 1692-1780)

Engraver Antoine Benoist (1721 - 1770)

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving with etching

DimensionsOH: 12 5/8" x OW: 16 3/8" (includes false margins); Plate H: 11 7/8" x W: 15"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-280,5

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Jos. Highmore inv. et pinx./ A. Benoist sculp./ Pamela setting out in the traveling Chariot (for her Father's, as she is made to/ believe) takes her farewel 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./ Pamela prete a partir dans le carosse de voyage (s'imiginant qu'on va la conduire/ chez son pere,) prend conge de Mad.me Jervis et des autres domestiques. M.r B. qui a donne des ordres secrets pour la mener a son autre maison la regarde de la fenetre./ Published, according to Act of Parliament, 1.st July 1745."