[George IV as Prince Regent] [graphic]

Description

Title: [George IV as Prince Regent] [graphic]
Alternative Title: George the Fourth as Prince Regent
Creator: Freschi, Andrea, 1774- printmaker
Contributor: Orme, Edward, 1775-1848, publisher.
Order of the Garter.
Published / Created: [10 January 1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. & sold Jany. 10, 1812, by Edwd. Orme, printseller to His Majesty, Bond Street, London
Abstract: "Stipple of George IV as Prince Regent. Whole length with short hair, plain tie, sash, belt, mantle, and Garter collar with George. Standing with right hand on hip and left leaning against a plinth. With a crown to the right and columns and landscape in the background. Without inscription, with Prince of Wales feathers and publisher's address below ..."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description: Title supplied from the Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 605241.
"Proof"--Lower right corner of plate.
Bound in opposite page 648 (leaf numbered '96' in pencil) in volume 4 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 : plate mark 34.7 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 50.9 x 35.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: Proof.
Language: English