Sujet

George III feeding himself on guineas, London, 1787. Artist: Anon

Légende

'Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast', London, 1787; showing King George III, Queen Charlotte and the Prince of Wales seated outside the treasury round a bowl of guineas, ladling coins into their mouths.

Date

1787

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A92_337

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,6Mo (4,7Mo) / 41,9cm x 32,7cm / 4949 x 3858 (300dpi)

Mots clés

London England food female women woman people male event man men politics money finance currency monarch guy eating king Guinea royal dress greed Westminster century royalty lady concept treasury dressing B&W banquet feast grotesque MONOCHROME metaphor gluttony money is power black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century feeding City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery made of money royal event sovereign TGN King George III Queen Charlotte King of Great Britain etching caricature satire Queen of England Anon Anonymous James Queen of Britain George III James Gillray;Gillray Charlotte Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz von Mecklenburg Charlotte-Sophia Kin