A group portrait of George III, Queen Charlotte, and their thirteen surviving children each numbered with a key below. The youngest children play with kites and marbles. In the background Princess Amelia (the youngest) jumps into the arms of her brother, Prince Ernest Augustus. The older members of the family form small groupings that are engaged in conversation. In the foreground are books, charts, and globes, suggesting their education and cultural pursuits
Description:
Title engraved above image., Date of publication inferred from the apparent ages of the children depicted., Sheet trimmed within plate mark possibly with loss of date. Below the key "Published as the act directs August [...]" mostly worn and illegible., Plate numbered "219" in upper right corner., and Laid on ledger paper with red line rulings.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,, Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843,, and Adolphus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cambridge, 1774-1850,
Subject (Topic):
Family, Marbles (Game), Kites (Toys), Globes, Families, and British
A view of a farmyard. A brick farmhouse stands in the corner. Numerous farm tools such as buckets, bins, watering cans, pots and a broom are piled along a fence. A woman holds a child while watching another sitting on the ground. Another farmhouse stands behind the fence
Description:
Title from inscription in graphite pencil on verso: By Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864. [Farmyard, woman with children]. and William Henry Hunt, English watercolor painter, 1790-1864.
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Families, British, Farms, Farmhouses, and Pails
