The esplanade [graphic].

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Title: The esplanade [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 1st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, N. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "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."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Walking staves -- Military uniforms: general's uniform -- Literature: quotation from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Provenance: Hill, Peter Murray, Chelsea, London ; October 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26 x 36 cm, on sheet 30 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
Cathcart, William Schaw Cathcart, Earl, 1755-1843
Subject (Topic): Walking
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cathcart, William Schaw Cathcart, Earl, 1755-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walking
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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