"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 shown in a large bonnet and shawl holding a knife in her left hand as she attempts to stab King George III as he stands before his royal carriage. She hands the King a folded note (?) which they both grasp. One of the two Beefeaters reaches out to prevent the assassination
Alternative Title:
Exact representation of an attempt made by Margaret Nicholson to stab his Majesty
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Possibly by Cruikshank or Stubbs., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub'd Augt. 5 1786 by W.S. [sic] Fores at the Caracature Ware-house, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Assassination attempts, Assassinations, Carriages & coaches, and Guards
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,
Margaret Nicholson attempting to assassinate the King
Description:
Title etched below image., Above image: Engraved for the Lady's magazine., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Royal coaches -- Attempted regicide -- Knife.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Nicholson, Margaret, 1750?-1828.
