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[edit]The esplanade.
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Print made by: James Gillray
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| Title |
The esplanade. |
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| Description |
English: George III walks in back view with an awkward shuffle, his head turned in profile to the left to greet a tall general who bows. On the right another officer waits, hat in hand, for recognition. They are Lord Cathcart (1755-1843), then major-general, see BMSat 9564, and General David Dundas (under whom Cathcart had served in Holland in 1794-5), see BMSat 9026. Above the King's head is a scroll: 'Medio tutissimus ibis'. A semicircle of loyal and provincial subjects, chiefly ladies, stretches across the design, facing the King. In the foreground on the extreme left and right are an officer in back view and a (caricatured) elderly man in top-boots. 1 June 1797
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| Depicted people | Associated with: William Schaw, 1st Earl Cathcart | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1797 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
1868,0808.6636 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) 'The Esplanade' connoted the regular evening promenade of the King: 'The Esplanade last night, owing to the strong westerly wind, was very thinly attended. His Majesty walked but a short time, accompanied by the Earl of Uxbridge ... [&c. &c] and his usual attendants.' 'Lond. Chron.', 5 Aug. 1797. The custom appears to have been for the King to walk there till dark when at Weymouth. Cf. BMSat 9070, 9071. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 226. Wright and Evans, No. 177. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6636 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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