FDA-D.1365-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.1365-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
King George III and Queen Charlotte at the Montem
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
These are amateur copies of works in the British Library collections by artist Samuel Hieronymus Grimm. The apparent lack of flamboyant costumes and presence of a cleric at the centre of each scene may be explained by the following description that characterises 'earlier' Montem processions:
One of the Collegers was dressed to represent a Parson, and another to represent a Clerk... They were of course restricted to black clothes, but even these admitted of considerable variety… on some occasions the Parson caused a great deal of amusement by appearing in the antiquated clerical costume of a past generation...
This carefully rendered monochrome watercolour, probably by an amateur artist after S H Grimm, depicts the Eton Montem. Unusually the focus is on the spectators at Salt Hill and the buildings beyond, rather than the Montem procession itself.
The central figure, in black clerical robes and a tricornered hat, may represent the Eton Provost, Jonathan Davies (c.1736–1809).
One of the Collegers was dressed to represent a Parson, and another to represent a Clerk... They were of course restricted to black clothes, but even these admitted of considerable variety… on some occasions the Parson caused a great deal of amusement by appearing in the antiquated clerical costume of a past generation...
This carefully rendered monochrome watercolour, probably by an amateur artist after S H Grimm, depicts the Eton Montem. Unusually the focus is on the spectators at Salt Hill and the buildings beyond, rather than the Montem procession itself.
The central figure, in black clerical robes and a tricornered hat, may represent the Eton Provost, Jonathan Davies (c.1736–1809).
Other number
160
333
333
Description
Content (event)
Montem
Dimensions
height (sight size): 244mm
width (sight size): 324mm
width (sight size): 324mm
Inscription
Inscribed in ink: 'The Ceremony of the Montem as attended by King George III and Queen Charlotte in 1778 / Copy of an old drawing by SHGrimm in the British Museum.'
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Eton Montem 1778'
Inscribed in pencil on verso: 'Eton Montem 1778'
Materials & techniques note
Grey wash
Production
Person
Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, c.1733 - 1794 (Source artist)
Date
After 1778
