"Fifteen officers sit round a roughly made table on which are decanters and fruit. A stout officer (? Captain Dottin [Identification on print. Abel Rous Dottin was captain in the and Life Guards. 'Army List', 1797.]) right, in an arm-chair, gives the toast 'The King', all raise their glasses with varying expressions. The Duke of York, spilling his wine, looks tipsily towards Dottin. Only one man stands, straddling across the seat of his chair, a decanter of 'Tokay' in his left hand. Captain Birch, [James Birch was lieutenant in the First Life Guards, Thomas Birch a captain in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons. Ibid., 1797.] caricatured as in BMSat 9068, sits on the Duke's left. The officer on the extreme left, looking down slyly, resembles General Davies, see BMSat 9442. Next him, a very fat officer is smoking a pipe, a paper of tobacco on the table in front of him, a bottle of 'Gin' under his chair. The third profile from the left resembles that of Prince William of Gloucester. Wright and Evans add Col. Jekyl: the profile on the extreme right has a family likeness to that of Joseph Jekyll, none resembles the Col. Jekyll of BMSat 7330. All wear cocked hats. The decanters or bottles on the table are labelled 'Champa[gne]', 'Claret', 'Burgundy'. Under the table are more bottles, and empty bottles lie on the ground, with broken glasses, a pineapple, and an orange. The floor is boarded and the table roughly made, but the chairs are ornate and decorated with ormolu."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: mess-rooms -- Glass: wine bottles -- Wines: Tokay -- Champagne -- Claret -- Burgundy-- Fruit: pineapples -- Peeled oranges -- Grapefruits -- Furniture: chairs -- Military uniforms: officers' uniforms (Guards).
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 14th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, and Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
"An officer wearing boots, plumed cocked hat, and an enormous sabre, stands full-face, with shoulders hunched, a porte-crayon in his mouth. Under his right arm is a portfolio of 'Caricatures', while crude caricature prints are pinned to the wall: 'Wit' is a squatting woman looking over her shoulder to say "Baiser!". 'Character' is a quasi-lion with an ass's head inscribed 'This is a Red Lion'. A print of a Jean-de-Bry coat and a boot is inscribed 'Classick Studies'. A clumsy Hottentot inscribed 'Venus de Medicis is Grace'. A goat painting a recumbent nude on a canvas inscribed 'Leith Harbour is Refined Sentiment'. On a table against the wall (right) is a bottle of 'Velno' (a quack remedy, see BMSat 7592), and two books: 'Aretine's Postures' and 'La Pucelle'. Under the table is a large portfolio: 'Hints from Bunbury'; 'Mat . . Darly - Lord Townshend &c &c.' A patterned carpet covers the floor. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text below title: "His satires are as keen as the back of a rasor; and having but three ideas in the world, "two of them are borrow'd, & the third, nobody else would own.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Swords -- Medicine: Velno -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furnishings: carpet -- Reference to George Townshend's (Marquis Townshend, 1724-1807) drawings -- Reference to Henry William Bunbury's (1750-1811) drawings -- Reference to Matthew DArly's (fl. 1754-1778) drawings.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"An officer (left) on a charger, evidently General Davies, see BMSat 9442, directed to the right, takes the salute from three officers who march (right to left) past him. The first, sabre in hand, point downwards, holds his left hand across the front of his high cocked hat. A young officer follows, carrying a standard of the Union flag with the White Horse of Hanover and a crown. The third marches with almost closed eyes and sword held point upwards. A crowd of amused spectators backed by a high wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: royal crown -- White horse of Hanover.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 10th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
Subject (Topic):
Military parades & ceremonies, Flags, British, Military uniforms, and Spectators
