Two sedan chairs pass one another, going in opposite directions. In the nearer, proceeding from left to right., sits a lady, whose enormous head-dress surmounted by feathers projects far above the top of the chair; the roof has been made to slide up on rods fixed at the corners, and is thus supported at a height above the top of the sedan. Through the window of the other sedan the head of a man is seen; the roof of the chair is in its normal position, but rods at the corners show that it can be raised if necessary. The chairs are private ones, elegantly shaped and decorated, a tassel hanging from each corner of the roof. The chairmen are in livery, wearing coats with coloured facings.  30 April 1777 
<br>Hand-coloured etching
1777<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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