"George IV, in déshabillé, stands at a bedroom window, with flexed knees, peering through a telescope at a semaphore (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8612) on a distant ridge. P. 20: T, for the Telegraph giving the state, Of Giffo's and Coppo's contention with fate-- ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
T, for the telegraph giving the state of Giffo's and Coppo's contention with fate ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 13 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863., Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826., and Rosco.
