Caroline, Consort of George IV goldsmiths View of the White Horse

View of the White Horse Inn on Fetter Lane

The view shows St Paul's Cathedral and St Mary-le-Bow with families on the move

with school children playing

The subject is taken from Keats' poem of the same title

Caroline, Consort of George IV goldsmiths View of the White HorseCaroline, Queen Consort of George IV, 1820, as she appeared at the balcony at Alderman Matthew Wood's on her arrival in London. She had been living in Europe following her separation from George and his exclusion of her from the court while he was Prince Regent, but returned to England when George became King in 1820. She wears a hat with a large plume of feathers.