Plate [2] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of George surrounded by Muses in vignette above text and "Dedication sheet to George III; five allegorical female figures, three standing to left, one casting incense on a fire, before a plaque with a bust portrait of the king, while a triton sits in front of it, another female holding a scroll raises a crown above the king's head and another female sits writing history to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dedication to the King
Description:
Title from first line of text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., 1 print : engraving on wove paper; sheet 46.4 x 31.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: 1801 J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by R. Bowyer, at the Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title from caption below image., Text above image: Frontispiece., Date based on sitter's appropriate age for portrait., and Dedication below image: "To his most sacred majesty who is the head of the church ... this complete family bible is most dutifully inscrib'd."
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair, directed towards left, head in profile to left, his right elbow on a table covered with a tablecloth bearing coat of arms; his right hand supporting his chin; dressed in ermine-trimmed robes; in the background on the left, partial view of an organ; lettered state, after hair and beard shortened."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of King George III
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Verses etched below image: When the ear heard him, then it blessed him and when the eye saw him, it gave witness of him ... but his name liveth evermore., and Dedication etched at bottom of plate: To the British nation, this print of the father of his people is most respectually dedicated by Samuel W. Reynolds.