Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified card catalog., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Sir Alexander Hood -- Personification of Fame -- Stable-boy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs for the proprietor by W. Dent May 14, 1788 ; Sold by W. Dickie, opposite Exeter change, Strand & W. Moore, no. 48 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Order of the bath., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Yonge, George, Sir, 1731-1812, Malmesbury, James Harris, Earl of, 1746-1820, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Francis, Philip, 1740-1818, Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724 -1808, and Elliott, George Augustus, 1717-1790
10 manuscript documents and 11 newspaper clippings related to the Order of the Bath, bound with John Pine, Procession and ceremonies...(London, 1730). Documents include "Forme of makeing Kts of the Bath," a 17th century description of the investiture ceremonies performed at Durham House; a list of Knights of the Bath created during the reign of James I; documents concerning the role of the Order of the Bath at the coronation of Charles II, including a list of members present on that occasion and draft form letters summoning candidates; and a copy of the 1725 proposal for reviving the order. The newspaper clippings date from 1912-1913 and all concern the history of the order and the revival of its installation ceremony by George V in 1913.
Description:
Purchased from Bernard J. Shapero on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2009.
Publisher:
Printed by S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, for John Pine, and sold by W. Innys; F. Fayram; R. Gosling; N. Prevost; J. Vandenhoeck; J. Smith; D. Lyon; A. Johnston; J. King, and J. Brindley,
Subject (Name):
Order of the bath.
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers--Early works to 1800. and Orders of knighthood and chivalry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
