The esplanade

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 · June 1, 1797

George III walks in back view with an awkward shuffle, his head turned in profile to the left to greet a tall general who bows. On the right, another officer waits, hat in hand, for recognition. They are Lord Cathcart (1755-1843), then major-general, and General David Dundas (under whom Cathcart had served in Holland in 1794-5). Above the King's head is a scroll. A semicircle of loyal and provincial subjects, chiefly ladies, stretches across the design, facing the King. In the foreground, on the extreme left and right, are an officer in back view and a (caricatured) elderly man in top-boots (BM).