"Spectators watch military manoeuvres in the air. The sky is covered with camps, marching men, and galloping cavalry, some are in military formation, others are single figures. There are tents and marquees with wings; a man beats a drum, three orientals wearing turbans race through the air beating cymbals. In the foreground (left) spectators on horseback look up in amazement, one horse throws its rider; geese, goslings, and pigs are under the horses' feet. On the right the King and Queen sit together on a bank; the King gazing through a small telescope, the Queen looking at him with delighted astonishment. In front of them is a gate over which two officers mounted on winged cannon are gracefully leaping, a third soars into the air."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Amusment for John Bul, Amusement for John Bull, and Flying camp
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below ; countermark IV.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Aickin [sic], No. 13 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Bagshot (Surrey, England)
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Black people, Cannons, Military camps, Military parades & ceremonies, Musical instruments, Musicians, Spectators, and Telescopes
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top., Two lines of text below title: The Prince and his party were drove to the summit of a hill ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military reviews: Sydenham Common, June 23, 1792 -- Military uniforms: dragoons -- Weapons: sabres -- Muskets., Watermark: J Taylor., Names of subjects and that of the printmaker printed on mat below image., and 1 print on laid paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 32 x 46 cm., matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. June 28, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top., Two lines of text below title: The Prince and his party were drove to the summit of a hill ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military reviews: Sydenham Common, June 23, 1792 -- Military uniforms: dragoons -- Weapons: sabres -- Muskets., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. June 28, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816