A modern St. George [graphic].

Description

Title: A modern St. George [graphic].
Alternative Title: Modern Saint George
Creator: Bearblock, James, active 1788-1789, printmaker
Contributor: Clamp, R., active 1788-1798, publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1788 for I. and I.B. by R. Clamp, Holborn
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'.
Description: 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.
Mounted to 34 x 35 cm.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 31.4 x 34.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching with stipple & drypoint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George, Saint, -303.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic): Deer
Hunting
Subjects: George, Saint, -303
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Deer
Hunting
England > 1788
England > London > 1788

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