HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE IV. 1823

Stipple | 37.5 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 605273

Woolnoth, Thomas (b.1785)

HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY GEORGE IV 1823

Description

Stipple of George IV as king. Half length with short hair, high collar, plain tie, and buttoned coat with Garter star, and Order of the Golden Fleece. Vignette with coat of arms and English inscription below, including publisher's address, 'Published May 1823 by W. Sams, Royal Library, 1 St. James's Street.' Proof with open letters. Dedicated to Frederick, Duke of York.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Woolnoth, Thomas (b.1785)
(mezzotinter)

After
Search the collection Abraham Wivell (1786-1849)
(artist)

Search the collection Sams, William., St. James's Street
(publisher)

Search the collection William Sams
(dedicator)

Search the collection Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827)
(dedicatee)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page George IV, King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Stipple

stipple

Measurements

37.5 x 29.2 cm (sheet of paper)

36.7 x 28.4 cm (platemark)

21.0 x 19.0 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders (honour)
Order of the Golden Fleece (Burgundy/Spain/Austria)
Order of the Garter (England)
References

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) 125