Print, frontispiece, satirical print, William Hogarth, 1761

Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the society of artists, at their first exhibition in spring gardens; britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of george iii in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'georgius iii rex. Mdcclxi. '; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'painting'; the tree 'sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray. 7 may 1761 etching and engraving. Date: 1761. Dimensions: Height: 197 mm (cropped); Width: 148 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: George III, King of the United Kingdom. Collection: British Museum. Print, frontispiece, satirical print (BM Cc,1.163)