File:Royal dippinig. (BM 1868,0808.5877).jpg
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[edit]Royal dippinig. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: John Nixon
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Title |
Royal dippinig. |
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Description |
English: The King, naked, is being dipped in the sea by a bathing woman; he turns his head to the right towards a band of musicians standing in the water above their knees and playing 'God Save Great \ George the King \ Long live the King'. Four men (left to right) play the oboe, a nameless instrument, French horn, and bassoon; two boys are shouting, one of whom (right) bangs a salt-box. Immediately behind the King is the royal bathing machine with an attendant holding the King's shirt and looking down at the King in the water. Over the door are the royal arms. In the water a second bathing-woman and a man stand protectingly beside the King, while on the left is a second man with a couple of disks (? corks) slung over his arm. Next the King's box is a second bathing-machine; the Queen and one of the princesses stand on its platform, watching the royal dipping. On the right and against the sea-wall in the middle distance is a third bathing-machine, a nude bather is scrambling up its steps. In the background (right) is the sea-wall backed by the esplanade and the houses behind it. On it are two men on horseback, each with a large bundle at his back: 'News for the Oracle' and 'News for the World', indicating the numerous paragraphs and reports in the London newspapers on the King's visit to Weymouth. A crowd of small figures wave hats and crackers or squibs are being fired. The largest building is the 'Assembly Room'. The houses end abruptly, and on the left the background is a rural landscape with a signpost pointing to '[Do]rchester' and to 'Melcome'. Beneath the title is etched:
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1789 date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5877 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) F. Burney writes, 13 July: 'Think but of the surprise of His Majesty, the first time of his bathing, he had no sooner popped his royal head under water than a band of music, concealed in a neighbouring machine, struck up "God save great George our King".' 'Diary'. She writes of the exuberant loyalty of Weymouth, and also mentions the (incorrect) news in the 'Oracle' (first issue 1 June 1789). For the 'World' see BMSat 7210, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 09:53, 17 November 2005 |
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