Frontispiece: His Majesty Going Out With his Stag Hounds on Windsor Forest (from "The Sporting Magazine; or Monthly Calendar," vol. I)

1792

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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.

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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
Object Number: 17.3.3442-43
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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