"A skimmington procession : on a sorry-looking horse a man and woman sit astride, back to back; the woman, richly dressed, sits in front, her skirts pushed back to show breeches. In her right. hand is a pistol, in her left. a sword. The man holds a distaff. The procession is headed by a man (r.) holding aloft on a pole a petticoat and a pair of horns. Behind him walks a man beating a drum. Behind the horse is a woman carrying a broom over her shoulder and a woman blowing a horn. A spectator points and jeers, another walks with folded arms."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dowager Queen riding poor Denmark
Description:
Title from item., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a description of the palace revolution in Denmark in 1772., and Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 56.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808 and Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a description of the palace revolution in Denmark in 1772., Plate from: Every man's magazine ... London, v.1 (1771-2), p. 353., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Danish soldiers' uniform -- Palace revolution, Denmark, 1772 -- Vehicles: coach -- Maria of Brunswick, widow of Frederick V of Denmark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808 and Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775