"Fashionably dressed men and women, in acute discomfort, hasten from right to left. A lady in the foreground (right) taking the arm of a dandy resembles Mrs. Robertson, see British Museum Satires No. 14557. There is a background of bushes and trees. The head of a black footman, wearing a cocked hat, pops up from behind a bush. On the extreme right is part of the Pump Room, with central cupola and pillared portico."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tis necessary to quicken your motions
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: The Royal Well, Cheltenham., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 34.4 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 36.9 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England)
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Health resorts, Dandies, British, and Servants
George III, plainly dressed and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, stands in profile to the right, addressing a pretty young woman (Hannah Lightfoot?) seated on a stile, a bucker at her feet. They are under a large tree on whose trunk is fixed a sign pointing 'To Cheltenham Spa'. A path from the stile leads to the village of Cheltenham in the background. Behind the tree Queen Charlotte watches the conversation, her hand pointing near her cheek. On a hill (left) is a pavilion on wheels
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse inscribed in two columns on either side of title: Did you know the Lad that Courts you He not long need sue in Vain Prince of Songs of Dance of Sports: You Scarce will meet his like again. Midas., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Royal couple -- Royal carriage -- Williams Library -- Display windows -- Pedestrians., and Ms. '6' over last digit in etched publication date.
"Fashionably dressed men and women, in acute discomfort, hasten from right to left. A lady in the foreground (right) taking the arm of a dandy resembles Mrs. Robertson, see British Museum Satires No. 14557. There is a background of bushes and trees. The head of a black footman, wearing a cocked hat, pops up from behind a bush. On the extreme right is part of the Pump Room, with central cupola and pillared portico."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tis necessary to quicken your motions
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath from the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: The Royal Well, Cheltenham., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England)
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Health resorts, Dandies, British, and Servants
Title from central prominent design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption to most prominent design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Huntsmen and hounds with moutned members of the hunt are in an enclosure flanked by corn-stacks and resembling a farmyard, except for a boiling-house with a tall chimeny and joints of meat hanging from the gable-end of a building. The artist (Robert Crukshank) sits (right) sketching; 'Blackmantle', stands beside him pointing. Behind is a large church. The Berkeley hourds, a double pack, were kept alternately during the season at Cheltenham and Gloucester. British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A view of the church at Cheltenham and the churchyard with gravestones
Description:
Title engraved below image., Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; numbered '23' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff., and Paper with watermark '1791'.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Dec. 17, 1787 by Richd. Bigland
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England) and England.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Churches, and Cemeteries
Huntsmen and hounds with mounted members of the hunt are in an enclosure flanked by corn-stacks and resembling a farmyard, except for a boiling-house with a tall chimney and joints of meat hanging from the gable-end of a building. The artist (Robert Cruikshank) sits (right) sketching; 'Blackmantle', stands beside him pointing. Behind is a large church. The Berkeley hounds, a double pack, were kept alternately during the season at Cheltenham and Gloucester. British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15220 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 262, Vol. 2.