File:The fair Quaker of Cheltenham. (BM 1868,0808.5788).jpg
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[edit]The fair Quaker of Cheltenham.
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| Title |
The fair Quaker of Cheltenham. |
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| Description |
English: George III, plainly dressed and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, stands in profile to the right, addressing a pretty young woman seated on a stile. 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. On a hill (left) is a pavilion on wheels. Beneath the design is etched:
Hand-coloured etching |
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1788 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
1868,0808.5788 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The legend of George Ill's attachment (c. 1753) to a 'fair quaker', Hannah Lightfoot, is traced by W. B. Boulton from a newspaper paragraph in 1776 to its final discrediting in 1866. 'In the Days of the Georges', 1909, pp. 87-138. Cf. Wraxall, 'Memoirs', 1884, i. 305. For the King's visit to Cheltenham see BMSat 7358, &c. The print may relate to some eccentricity of the King at Cheltenham: during his insanity he showed great interest in Quakers. 'Diaries of R. F. Greville', 1930, p. 213. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5788 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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