"The King's champion challenges anyone opposing the King's authority; the King standing underneath a large drapery in a room of his palace on the left; courtiers surround him; his champion standing in the centre; three knights on horseback approach from the right; spectators in the back."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1849,0210.500., Series title given in the British Museum online catalogue: Engelants Schoutonneel., Two lines of text in Dutch on the left below image: S. Konings voorvegter daagt aldie geen die Koning William de III ..., Two lines of text in French on the right below image: Le champion du Roy fait un défi á tous ceux ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Joint coronation of William III and Mary II, April 11, 1689 -- Coronation challenge -- Coronation cups: silver-gilt chalice -- Champion of the King -- Yeomen of the Guard -- Royal canopies -- Constable's staff -- Royal arms upon shield -- Coronation banquet in the Westminster Hall -- Corner chairs -- Heralds -- Corinthian columns -- Westminster Hall -- Wall decoration -- Halberds -- Gloves: gauntlets -- Lion & unicorn -- Coronation costume.
Publisher:
Adriaan Schoonebeek
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702, Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694, and Westminster Hall (London, England),
Title from later state., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., State before title. Cf. Later state in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c., p. 79., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the later state appears., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of a print after Bunbury published in 1773. See no. 5213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Fortifications -- Jack-boots -- Newspapers: London gazette -- Sentry boxes -- Uniforms: Grenadiers hats .
Title, place of publication, and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and partially colored., and Beneath image in lower left: No. 2.
