File:A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned. (BM 1851,0901.1034).jpg

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A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: James Gillray

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
A Military Sketch, of a Gilt Stick, or Poker Emblazoned.
Description
English: Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. His features are blunt and ugly. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design. 11 June 1800
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Representation of: William Schaw, 1st Earl Cathcart
Date 1800
date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 253 millimetres
Width: 203 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1851,0901.1034
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) Cathcart (1755-1843), a distinguished officer, vice-admiral of Scotland, Colonel of the 2nd Life Guards, succeeded Lord Amherst as Gold Stick in 1797. 'D.N.B.' See BMSat 9019. The original water-colour, by an amateur, with the same title is in the Print Room [1854,0513.302/PDB28742]. Gillray has altered the shape of the legs, making them shapeless posts like those he gives Lord Salisbury, and has elongated the shoes. Beneath is written: 'Hint-The Legs a little too short but not to alter the length of the coat.' The figure is on a smaller scale.

Grego, 'Gillray', p. 271. Wright and Evans, No. 460. Reprinted 'G.W.G.', 1830.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-1034
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