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James Gillray
1756-1815
Forming a line on the parade
[London] : Publishd Novr 12th 1801, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1801]
etching, hand colored
image: 203 x 254 mm; plate mark: 204 x 256 mm; sheet: 236 x 284 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.512
Notes
Attributed to James Gillray by George.
Subject of Gillray's caricature identified by George as a Captain Barnaby or Burnaby (?) of the Grenadier Guards; possibly John Dick Burnaby (1776-1852) who was Lieut, and Captain, Grenadier Guards (gazetted 5 Mar. 1794).
Subject of Gillray's caricature identified by George as a Captain Barnaby or Burnaby (?) of the Grenadier Guards; possibly John Dick Burnaby (1776-1852) who was Lieut, and Captain, Grenadier Guards (gazetted 5 Mar. 1794).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young and very smart officer, lunging forward and pointing his tasselled cane at one of a line of soldiers who stand rigidly at attention full face, but with 'Eyes right' (the words inscribed at the end of the cane). He shouts: "Hold up your Head that Man there!" He holds his (sheathed) sword, attached to a sword-belt, in his left hand. The soldiers wear plumed shakos, long gaiters, and shoes with very pointed toes. Behind is a row of spectators, men and women, and one little boy. Some are fashionably dressed; one is a fat butcher.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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