"A farm-yard scene with Windsor Castle in the distance (right). In the centre four pigs feed at a trough; George III (right) and Queen Charlotte (left) stand on each side of it facing each other in profile, both slightly caricatured. At the King's feet are a bucket and a young pig. The Queen scatters grain to chickens and ducks. On the right a guardsman walks off carrying a bundle of turnips across his shoulder (see BMSat 6946). In the background (left) are haystacks and farm buildings; from one projects the sign of a royal crown inverted. A young woman (probably one of the princesses) advances with a basket (cf. BMSat 7897). On the right is a large placard on a post, 'Mantraps & Spring Guns'. Behind it are sheep."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Attributed to Kingsbury in Angelo's Reminiscences, 1904, v. i, p.326., Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman., and Queen Charlotte and George III identified by ms. note in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aprll [sic] 29, 1786 by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Farms, Farmers, Poultry, Sheep, Haystacks, Military uniforms, British, Signs (Notices), Swine, and Troughs
