"The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses, saying, "O my dear Creatures, do but Taste it! You can't think how nice it is without Sugar: - and then consider how much Work you'll save the poor Blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor Papa! - O its charming cooling Drink!" The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below title: To the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in oeconomy is respectfully submitted., and Temporary local subject terms: Boycotts: sugar -- Miserliness: George III and Queen Charlotte -- Anti-saccharites -- Silver: tea service -- Dishes: teacups -- Reference to slave trade in West Indies.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 1776-1857, Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1777-1848, and Amelia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1783-1810
"The King, Queen, and six Princesses, three quarter length, are seated round a frugal tea-table. The King, in profile to the right, faces his daughters, holding his cup and saucer to his lips, and saying, with a staring eye, "delicious! delicious". The Queen sits in the centre behind the small tea-pot, holding her cup and saucer in bony fingers, and looking with a wide and cunning smile towards the Princesses, saying, "O my dear Creatures, do but Taste it! You can't think how nice it is without Sugar: - and then consider how much Work you'll save the poor Blackeemoors by leaving off the use of it! - and above all, remember how much expence it will save your poor Papa! - O its charming cooling Drink!" The Princess Royal sits at the end of the row, on the extreme right, with four sisters diminishing in age on her right, a sixth just indicated behind the Queen. They hold, but do not drink, cups of tea, with expressions varying from sulky discontent to defiant surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull and his family leaving off the use of sugar
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched below title: To the masters & mistresses of families in Great Britain this noble example in oeconomy is respectfully submitted., Temporary local subject terms: Boycotts: sugar -- Miserliness: George III and Queen Charlotte -- Anti-saccharites -- Silver: tea service -- Dishes: teacups -- Reference to slave trade in West Indies., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.3 x 39.9 cm, on sheet 36.4 x 55.5 cm., and Mounted to 37 x 57 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, 1776-1857, Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1777-1848, and Amelia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1783-1810
