File:The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788 (BM 1851,0901.412).jpg
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[edit]The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
The installation-supper, as given at the Pantheon, by the Knights of the Bath on the 26th of May, 1788 |
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Description |
English: A design on four plates, the prints to be pasted together to form a long strip; the imprint is on pl. 1, the title on pl. 2 and pl. 3, the inscription relating to Bunbury, &c, on pl. 4. A fantastic representation of the supper at the ball given by the eleven Knights of the Bath installed on 19 May in Westminster Abbey, see BMSat 7318. Full accounts appeared in the newspapers, and the scene depicted appears intended for 'the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, and a select party of their friends' who 'supped privately in the cotillon room'. 'London Chronicle', 27 May 1788. The guests sit on each side of a long narrow table, scantily provided with food, the bench on the near side of the table showing legs and feet in characteristic attitudes. The design, long as it is, shows only a section of the table, the ends not appearing.
Hand-coloured etching. |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1788 date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1851,0901.412 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The supper was not magnificent: Weltje refused to provide it on the ground that for the proposed sum he could give sandwiches only. 'Auckland Correspondence', ii. 210-n. See also Sir G. Elliot, 'Life and Letters', i. 203. According to the 'London Chronicle' the 'grandeur and elegance . . . surpassed our power of description'. The supper 'was fixed at 1000 guineas'. 9 1/4 x 20 1/4 + 20 3/4 + 20 7/8 in. (plates). Grego, 'Gillray', pp. 101-2. (Supplementary information) This is the entire satire frieze joined together. Individual sheets (some not coloured) are also in the BM collection. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-412 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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