"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
Alternative Title:
George the Fourth as Prince Regent
Description:
Title supplied from the Royal Collection Trust online catalogue, RCIN 605241., "Proof"--Lower right corner of plate., and 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.
Publisher:
Pub. & sold Jany. 10, 1812, by Edwd. Orme, printseller to His Majesty, Bond Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Order of the Garter, and Order of the Garter.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
Portraits T753G no. 4+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Townshend standing three-quarter length slightly to left and leaning his right elbow on pedestal beside curtain, eyes to front, wearing uniform, his own hair curled, holding paper in his right hand labelled 'A Bill Intituled An Act for the Better Order of the Militia Forces &c'; lettered state after tree-trunk in arms altered to coronet, inscription to Governor in Ireland and publisher to Sayer."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable George Lord Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3401., Townshend coat of arms engraved in lower margin., and Mounted on board to 51 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
le 15 iour de nouembre mil cinq cens [et] trois [1503]
Call Number:
1998 2006
Image Count:
33
Alternative Title:
Blasondes armes
Description:
BEIN 1998 2006: Coats of arms, pictorial initials, and printer's device hand-colored. Ms. notes on t.p. and in text. Imperfect: bled at edges, with partial loss of ms. notes., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: [a]⁸ b-c⁸ [d]⁴., and Gothic type.
Manuscript on parchment (thick and furry) of Sir Gilbert Dethick, Book of Arms. Illustrations of coats of arms, in color, one per folio recto or verso; above each except the first, the name of the bearer, as given below. No mottoes given. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603).
Description:
In English., Script: Introduction and labels of illustrations in cursive with loops, by one scribe., Each shield enclosed in shaded pink border designed to look like worked metal, and surmounted by a jousting helm in profile, mantling gules doubled argent with gold tassels; wreath in colors from shield. Only shields (in up to 17 quarters) and crests vary. Slight variations from this scheme on f. 2r (royal arms) and f. 3r (mantling sable doubled argent). Fair quality of workmanship., Bookblock detached from the binding. Illustration badly smeared on f. 11r, slightly smeared f. 28r., and Binding: ca. 1873. Gold-stamped red goatskin case.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dethick, Gilbert, Sir. and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Subject (Topic):
Devices (Heraldry), Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval