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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hint to modern sculptors, as an ornament to a future square / engravd by T[homa]s. A[dam]s. ; X.
[London] : Pubd. May 3d 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1796]
etching, hand colored
image: 349 x 238 mm; plate mark: 353 x 249 mm; sheet: 374 x 258 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.598
Notes
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
At foot of print, within image: '"---"I saw him with his Beaver on "His Cuisses on his Thighs gallantly arm'ed "Rise from the ground like feather 'd Mercury "And vaulted with such ease into his seat "As if an Angel dropt down from the Clouds, "To turn & wind a fiery Pegasus "And witch the world with noble Horsemanship - Kg Henry 4th'
At foot of print, within image: '"---"I saw him with his Beaver on "His Cuisses on his Thighs gallantly arm'ed "Rise from the ground like feather 'd Mercury "And vaulted with such ease into his seat "As if an Angel dropt down from the Clouds, "To turn & wind a fiery Pegasus "And witch the world with noble Horsemanship - Kg Henry 4th'
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the Prince of Wales, on horseback, as a life-like equestrian statue (of the future George IV) mounted on a pedestal. On the middle block: 'PATER URBIUM subscribi Statuis." Juvel'. The Prince, in regimentals, very fat, sits in profile to the left, holding a drawn sabre. He wears a feathered cocked hat, a star on his breast and on his hat, a broad sash round his ample waist. A large holster hangs from the saddle beneath which is a leopard-skin with a 'GR' and crown on each corner.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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