A modern St. George [graphic].

Published/Created:

London
Pubd. Jany. 1788 for I. and I.B. by R. Clamp, Holborn
[January 1788]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple & drypoint on wove paper, handcolored ; sheet 31.4 x 34.7 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7258

Notes:

Imprint from British Museum catalogue.
George suggests James Bearblock as engraver.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Stags -- Windsor uniform -- Windsor Park.
Old Print Shop; October 1959; Acquisitions no.: 959-10-1-138.
Mounted to 34 x 35 cm.

Abstract:

George III in profile to the right on a white horse rides down a stag which is under the hoofs of his rearing horse. He wears the Windsor uniform (blue coat with red collar and cuffs) and holds a riding-whip above his head. A wooded landscape suggests Windsor Park. Etched below title: "A Hint to Mr West for a Painting in St George's Hall'.

Variant Titles:

Modern Saint George

Associated Names:

Bearblock, James, fl. 1788-1789 [Printmaker]
Clamp, R., active 1788-1798 [Publisher]

Topics:

Deer
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
George, Saint, -303
Hunting
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1788
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1788

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

788.01.01.02+

Orbis Record:

7927785

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06329

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728386

PID:

digcoll:551153