"A satirical print showing George III with attendant ladies making his way towards a side door of the palace; and the attempted assassination by Margaret Nicholson; a young boy with a dog runs towards the king in the left foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vûe de l'entrée au Jardin du Palais Royal de St. Jacques
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximate date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., and One of a series of plates, originally engraved for John Bowles in the mid-eighteenth century, that were reissued ca. 1840 for Francis West's A collection of Views of old London and its environs. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by F. West, 83, Fleet St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828,
Portrait of John Chute, half length, directed to the right, looking at the viewer, wearing his hair with powdered wig tied at the nape, wearing coat, high collar and mantle; after a painting by Müntz
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Richard Bentley
Subject (Name):
Chute, John, 1701-1776, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
