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A Morning Ride, [1803 - 1804]

 Item — Box: LF104/7 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/7/63
A Morning Ride, [1803 - 1804]
A Morning Ride, [1803 - 1804]

Scope and Contents

Artist: James Gillray. After: Monogrammist I. L. R. Published: Hannah Humphrey. The Prince of Wales and McMahon ride side by side (right to left) past Carlton House, followed by a groom. The Prince, stout and dignified, sits very upright on a high-stepping horse. McMahon s much smaller mount canters; he rides (on the Prince's left) with leg thrust forward like Bunbury's examples of mounted vulgarians. Behind them runs a ragged little boy in top-hat and tattered tail-coat, apparently assuming the part of a running footman. A detailed representation of part of the screen and façade of Carlton House forms the background; half the gate appears on the extreme left.; beside it is a sentry-bos with a sentry at attention. Below the design:

'a "Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known b "To mak a noble Aiver; "So, Ye may doucely fill a Throne, c "For a' their clish-ma-claver; "There, Him at Agincourt wha shone, "Few better were or braver; "An' yet, wi funny, queer Sir-John "He was an unco shaver "For monie a day." - - Burns - a. A Colt. - b. A Horse. - c. Talk, or, Bother - '. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: [1803 - 1804]

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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