Title from annotation in ink on separate oval strip of paper mounted around portrait., Date of publication based on death date of Richard Bull, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated volume he assembled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 168 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state.
Description:
Proof state before letters. and Title, printmaker, and publication information from published state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13497.
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as indicated by his coat-collar, is grotesquely thick, his coat has the bulky sleeves associated with Jean de Bry, see BMSat 9425, with pointed coat-tails. Under his left arm is a cocked hat. The word 'Honi . . .' appears on his garter."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.