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The farm yard.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Henry Kingsbury

Published by: S W Fores
Title
The farm yard.
Description
English: A farm-yard scene with Windsor Castle in the distance (right). In the centre four pigs feed at a trough; George III (right) and Queen Charlotte (left) stand on each side of it facing each other in profile, both slightly caricatured. At the King's feet are a bucket and a young pig. The Queen scatters grain to chickens and ducks. On the right a guardsman walks off carrying a bundle of turnips across his shoulder (see BMSat 6946). In the background (left) are haystacks and farm buildings; from one projects the sign of a royal crown inverted. A young woman (probably one of the princesses) advances with a basket (cf. BMSat 7897). On the right is a large placard on a post, 'Mantraps & Spring Guns'. Behind it are sheep. 29 April 1786
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Charlotte, Queen of George III
Date 1786
date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 297 millimetres
Width: 399 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5522
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Similar in intention to BMSat 6946, but more elaborate and better drawn. For the man-traps cf. BMSat 7399 and Peter Pindar (Wolcot) in 'Epistle to James Boswell Esq.' [1786] on George III:

'He, ev'ry body knows, and ev'ry thing; . . . . . . . ' Which clever smith, the prettiest man-trap makes,'

with the note, 'His M------y hath planted a number of those trusty guardians around his park at Windsor, for the benefit of the public'

The print is described by Angelo, who attributes it to Kingsbury. 'Reminiscences', 1904, i. 326.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5522
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