"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,
Margaret Nicholson is restrained by two Beefeaters after her attempted assassination of King George IV as he stands next to his Royal carriage at the garden entrance of St. James's Palace
Alternative Title:
Attentat de Marguerite Nicholson contre Son Majesté le roi George III
Description:
Title etched below image, English on the left, French on the right., Date conjectured from date of the event depicted., Plate numbered: 576., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 37.3 x 29.7 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,, and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828,