File:The goats canter to Windsor or the cuckold's comfort (BM 1868,0808.5181).jpg
Original file (1,600 × 1,149 pixels, file size: 540 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary[edit]
The goats canter to Windsor or the cuckold's comfort ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Title |
The goats canter to Windsor or the cuckold's comfort |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: The Prince of Wales drives (right to left) a lady in a high gig drawn by six goats. The near leader is ridden by Fox, with a fox's head, as postilion. On the side of the gig is a coronet and the Prince of Wales's feathers. Three men on goats ride beside the gig; the foremost has horns and is seated facing the tail of the animal. He is identified by Mr. Hawkins as Lord Jersey, which is unlikely at this date (but see BMSat 6115); he is probably Robinson. Next comes a stout man, looking up at the gig, who resembles Lord North (cf. BMSat 6266). Last comes Colonel Tarleton in military dress, wearing the feathered helmet made familiar by Reynolds's portrait. The lady is probably Mrs. Robinson; this is confirmed by the presence of Tarleton, see BMSat 6266, &c. Cf. BMSat 6452. On the extreme right is a signpost pointing 'To Windsor', the words written in reverse. 14 March 1784
Etching |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Associated with: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1868,0808.5181 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A satire on Fox's relations with the Prince of Wales, cf. BMSat 6401, &c. For the continued association of the Prince and 'Perdita' in the public mind cf. BMSat 6928, 6930, 6977. (Supplementary information) The second half of the title and the publication line have been added on a pasted strip. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5181 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
Licensing[edit]
This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag. Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 23:21, 10 May 2020 | 1,600 × 1,149 (540 KB) | Copyfraud (talk | contribs) | British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Satirical prints in the British Museum 1784 #4,512/12,043 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Orientation | Normal |
---|---|
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 15:27, 12 October 2005 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |