Affability, James Gillray, 1795

The king in profile to the right, with the queen holding his right arm, leans towards a startled yokel who clutches his hat and a bucket. Behind the yokel (right) are pigs sniffing at the bucket and the gable end of buildings. All are caricatured. The king wears riding-dress, with a broad-brimmed hat and a spencer (see bmsat 8192) over his coat. He stands as if knock-kneed, his legs awkwardly splayed out. The queen is dwarfish, wearing a hood over her hat and a shapeless cloak. In her right hand is a snuff-box. The yokel, wearing smock and gaiters, has the staring eyes, lantern jaws, and gaping mouth characteristic of gillray's sansculottes. Beneath the title: '"well, friend, where a' you going, hay? - what's your name, hay? - where d'ye live, hay? - hay?"' cf. Bmsat 9041. 10 february 1795 hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Date: 1795. Dimensions: Height: 338 mm; Width: 239 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charlotte, Queen of George III. Collection: British Museum. Affability (BM 1851,0901.721 1)