G [graphic].

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Title: G [graphic].
Alternative Title: G, for the gold that bedizened his breast, with trinkets and orders, a glittering jest ...
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: 1820.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: "George IV, in uniform and covered with orders, holding bow, arrow, and shield, strikes an attitude of frightened defiance. Near him (left) are monsters, winged, reptilian, and (?) porcine; the largest having Castlereagh's profile, the others unrecognizable. P. 8: G, for the Gold that bedizened his breast, With trinkets and orders, a glittering jest-- ... Ah! why should an arrow be shot in the dark? And why should an innocent Q--n be the mark ? ...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820.
Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 11.5 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Rosco.
Subject (Topic): Military decorations
Bows (Weapons)
Arrows
Shields
Monsters
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rosco > Illustrations
Military decorations
Bows (Weapons)
Arrows
Shields
Monsters
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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