"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:
Title etched below image. and Written in lower right corner in red ink: Mr Clark.
"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with spurs. Identified as Thomas Clark of Exeter Change."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gentle ride from Exeter Exchange to Pimlico
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 6 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Mr. Clark" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
In the center an auctioneer, hammer in hand, stands behind a podium having sold a pack of hounds with the human faces; Sheridan holds the hounds leashes. One dog sleeps on the floor as another urinates on its bone. On the left, a grey horse neighs as it is lead to the auctioneer. A clerk taking notes at a small desk to the left of the podium looks up at the auctioneer
Description:
Possibly by Williams, based on style., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., In pencil along bottom edge: Grey. P of W. Sheridan., and Mounted to 29 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th 1812 by Wm. Holland No 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"Equestrian portrait of Sir George Prevost, full-length, in profile to the right, holding a despatch in his gloved hand and the reins in the other, a cocked hat on his head, dressed in military uniform with light blue facings and trousers, an epaulette and an aiguillette on his shoulder, spurs on the heels of his boots, his black horse standing quietly with a a saddle-blanket and a docked tail, a military camp on the hills."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Lieutenant General Sir George Provost and Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Dighton; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue., Early state, before Dighton's title and publication line burnished from plate and replaced with those of Thomas Palser. For the later state with the title "Sir George Prevost, Governor of Canada", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1848,1221.47., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 513., and Leaf 70 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):
Prevost, George, 1767-1816
Subject (Topic):
Governors, British, Military officers, Military camps, and Horses
"The Regent, scarcely caricatured, rides (right to left) a white horse with the (bloated) head of Sheridan, the flank being branded 'P R'. The horse walks along a cobbled street which is strewn with large stones on each of which is the head of a member of the Opposition. Sheridan says: "Never fear, my dear Master, I will carry you through this ugly road in safety--I'll hick all the vile stones aside that would impede your way, and your old Hack, Sherry, you will find able to support you to the last." On the stone under his hoof is the head of Grenville. Two others have already been kicked aside: (?) Holland, and, in the foreground, the Duke of Norfolk. Others (left to right) are: Buckingham (in spectacles) and Whitbread, Grey, Lord Temple, Moira, and Erskine. Others are not characterized. The street leads into 'Manchester Square', showing that the Prince is on his way to Hertford House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : etching ; sheet 23 x 32.6 cm, Printed on wove paper, hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides, resulting in loss of bottom half of title from lower edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1812 by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Horses, Riding habits, and Cobblestone streets
"The Regent, scarcely caricatured, rides (right to left) a white horse with the (bloated) head of Sheridan, the flank being branded 'P R'. The horse walks along a cobbled street which is strewn with large stones on each of which is the head of a member of the Opposition. Sheridan says: "Never fear, my dear Master, I will carry you through this ugly road in safety--I'll hick all the vile stones aside that would impede your way, and your old Hack, Sherry, you will find able to support you to the last." On the stone under his hoof is the head of Grenville. Two others have already been kicked aside: (?) Holland, and, in the foreground, the Duke of Norfolk. Others (left to right) are: Buckingham (in spectacles) and Whitbread, Grey, Lord Temple, Moira, and Erskine. Others are not characterized. The street leads into 'Manchester Square', showing that the Prince is on his way to Hertford House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum online catalogue., and Sealing wax present on verso; remains of album page at top.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1812 by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817, Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Horses, Riding habits, and Cobblestone streets
