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John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)
[George IV when Prince of Wales] c. 1783
Mezzotint with pencil | 61.4 x 45.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 605110
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Mezzotint of George IV as Prince of Wales. Whole length with tied wig, lace tie, waistcoat, sash, and embroidered coat with Garter star. Standing with right hand on hip, and with left resting on a horse. With a tree and landscape in the background. Cut down without inscription. Touched proof with pencil. Plate heavily re-engraved over time, for later states see RCIN 605111, RCIN 605112, RCIN 605113, RCIN 605114, RCIN 605115, RCIN 650116, and RCIN 650117.
Provenance
In the Royal Collection by c.1900?
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Mezzotint with pencil
Measurements
61.4 x 45.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Category
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Other number(s)
O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D (George IV) 19JCS : British Mezzotinto Portraits / by John Chaloner Smith, London 1884 – JCS III, p.1308: 167
