Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Not on view
Book illustration. The royal subject sits at center on a white horse, with a Garter star on his coat, accompanied by other hunters on horseback and hounds. It is not clear whether the subject is George III or his son George, Prince of Wales.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: Frontispiece: His Majesty Going Out With his Stag Hounds on Windsor Forest (from "The Sporting Magazine; or Monthly Calendar," vol. I)
Engraver:
Thomas Cook (British, 1744?–1818)
Artist:
After Thomas Stothard (British, London 1755–1834 London)
Sitter:
Either George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
Sitter:
or George, Prince of Wales (British, London 1762–1830 Windsor)
Date: 1792
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset): 6 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (17.1 × 10.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.3442-43
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
