His most gracious Majesty King George the Third engraved from the original picture in the collection of His Majesty / [graphic]

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Title: His most gracious Majesty King George the Third engraved from the original picture in the collection of His Majesty / [graphic]
Alternative Title: His most gracious Majesty King George III
Creator: Smith, Benjamin, -1833, printmaker
Contributor: Beechey, William, Sir, 1753-1839, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
Published / Created: [2 March 1812]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub'd March 2, 1812 by Boydell & Co., 90 Cheapside, London
Abstract: "Portrait of George III, half-length, slightly turned to the left, in gold-laced military uniform with the lapels buttoned back, a cocked hat over his neat powdered wig, epaulettes on his shoulders and the star of the Garter pinned to his breast, after Beechey"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: BEIN BrSides Folio 2019 217: On sheet 59.7 x 43.4 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection.
Title from caption below image.
1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper, à la poupée with hand-coloring ; sheet 37.1 x 28.1 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below print is a clipping (5.9 x 10.3 cm) with George III's signature.
Mounted opposite page 404 (leaf numbered '16' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : 30.4 x 25 cm, plate mark 42.8 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English