Hint to modern sculptors, as an ornament to a future square [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Hint to modern sculptors, as an ornament to a future square [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Pater urbium subscribi statuis
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [3 May 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 3d, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"The Prince of Wales, on horseback, figures as a life-like equestrian statue (of the future George IV) mounted on a pedestal of three rectangular blocks, diminishing in size. On the middle block: 'PATER URBIUM subscribi Statuis." Juvel'. The Prince, in regimentals, very fat, sits in profile to the left, holding a drawn sabre. He holds the left curb rein, the snaffle lying on the animal's neck. The toe of his spurred boot is in the stirrup. He wears a feathered cocked hat, a star on his breast and on his hat, a broad sash round his ample waist. A large holster hangs from the saddle beneath which is a leopard-skin with a 'GR' and crown on each corner. The horse's near foreleg and off hind leg are raised. Beneath the design: '"------"I saw him with his Beaver on "His Cuisses on his Thighs gallantly arm'ed "Rise from the ground like feather 'd Mercury "And vaulted with such ease into his seat "As if an Angel dropt down from the Clouds, "To turn & wind a fiery Pegasus "And witch the world with noble Horsemanship - Kg Henry 4th'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at top of image.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Monuments -- Military uniforms: regimentals -- Literature: quotation from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part I, iv.i. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop ; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36 x 25 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.05.03.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Stipple engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- stipple engraving & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
- Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8068542
- Object ID (OID)
- 10952924