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Description: | Engraving and aquatint. This view of the interior of St Paul's Cathedral looks towards the organ. A large congregation is assembled in the presence of George III at a service of thanksgiving for his recovery. The king is seated in a box with members of the royal family in the centre. The Bishop of London stands in a pulpit to the right with one hand raised, as if to silence the crowd.
George III’s illness of 1788 began in the summer with a stomach pain. By October he was seriously unwell, mentally confused and occasionally violent. In December a ‘mad-doctor’ was brought in. In February 1789, just three days before a Regency Bill was due to take effect, it was announced that the king was in recovery. A thanksgiving service was held at St Paul's on 23 April to celebrate the news.
This print is dedicated to the Right Honorable William Gill, Lord Mayor of London from 1788 to 1789, who attended George III’s thanksgiving service.
Another engraving by printmaker John Neagle, after the same artist, Edward Dayes, was also published in 1790 and shows the Royal Procession passing through the interior of St Paul's in a view that looks west, along the nave of the cathedral. | Subjects: | genre wig pulpit topography clergyman 18th century costume religious/ecclesiastical interior organ woman dress coat of arms cathedral man balcony | Temporal: | 1790 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Edward Dayes (Artist) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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