A Visit to the Farm-House.
IC [Cruikshank]
Lond: Pub Octr 1 1791 by S W Fores N 3 Piccadilly.
Finely hand coloured etching. Proof before speech bubbles. Plate 365 x 270mm (14½ x 10¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
A tiny Duchess of York (1767-1820) walks along holding the hands of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) and the Duke of York (1763-1827). The Prince, who is in civilian dress, wearing a round high-crowned hat, says (written in ink), "My Dear little Sister when you are tired Big Sam shall carry you!" Big Sam refers to the colossal man behind them in Highland dress wearing a plaid, sporran (with the Prince of Wales feathers as a crest), and feathered cap. Samuel McDonald, also known as the Prince's Highlander, was a porter at Carlton House from 1791 to 1793. His height was 6 ft. 10 inches. The Duke wears a regimental uniform and gestures to the right to a distant scene, where George III (1738-1820) in hunting dress chases two galloping pigs with a whip, saying, "Pig wont go", and the Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) is milking a cow.
Bm Satires 7905.
[Ref: 61802] £380.00
Lond: Pub Octr 1 1791 by S W Fores N 3 Piccadilly.
Finely hand coloured etching. Proof before speech bubbles. Plate 365 x 270mm (14½ x 10¾"), on 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
A tiny Duchess of York (1767-1820) walks along holding the hands of the Prince of Wales (1762-1830) and the Duke of York (1763-1827). The Prince, who is in civilian dress, wearing a round high-crowned hat, says (written in ink), "My Dear little Sister when you are tired Big Sam shall carry you!" Big Sam refers to the colossal man behind them in Highland dress wearing a plaid, sporran (with the Prince of Wales feathers as a crest), and feathered cap. Samuel McDonald, also known as the Prince's Highlander, was a porter at Carlton House from 1791 to 1793. His height was 6 ft. 10 inches. The Duke wears a regimental uniform and gestures to the right to a distant scene, where George III (1738-1820) in hunting dress chases two galloping pigs with a whip, saying, "Pig wont go", and the Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) is milking a cow.
Bm Satires 7905.
[Ref: 61802] £380.00