Charles II returning to England after exile, on the beach being greeted by General Monk, the Dukes of Gloucester and York, the Earl of Clarendon and Sir John Grenvill and others, with Dover Castle in the background after Benjamin West (Staley 84).
Alternative Title:
King Charles the Second landing on the beach at Dover
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl Grosvenor., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, April 5th 1789, by B. West, E. Woollett & J. Hall
Subject (Geographic):
Dover (England), and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685,, Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674,, Bath, John Grenville, Earl of, 1628-1701,, Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1640-1660,, and Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670,
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Roger, who and Corvus Pegasus together had laid their heads when half seas over ..., and Second sheet attached to print 12 x 19 cm.
Probably an illustration to Sterne's Sentimental Journey. A corpulent gentleman with an equally rotund lady on his arm waits in a line of passengers to board a ship. An invalid is carried up the gangpank in a chair, while a servant carries a side of beef on a platter together with a basket of wine-bottles. Another gentleman descends from a coach. Masts of sailing vessels occupy the background
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs, by A. Hamilton ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Dover (England), England, and Dover