S [graphic].

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Title: S [graphic].
Alternative Title: S, for the shaking he felt in his nerves, that told what a cowardly action deserves ...
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 (left), covered with orders, flees in terror from a figure (right) composed of rectangular slabs of different size, all inscribed 'Address', except for the head, which is inscribed 'Queen', and the feet: 'Feeling' and 'Sense'. This figure extends an arm towards the King, from its feet rays of light slant towards him. P. 19: S, for the shaking he felt in his nerves, That told what a cowardly action deserves; ..."--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 13 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 11.3 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.
Rosco.
Subject (Topic): Military decorations
Fear
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Rosco > Illustrations
Military decorations
Fear
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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