print
- Museum number
- 1840,0627.20
- Description
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Portrait of King George the IV after Lawrence (Garlick 325f); whole-length seated on a sofa looking to front, wearing a dark suit with fur collar and garter star, his left arm extended and resting over the back of the seat, a top hat, gloves and letters beside him, a table with writing box in the right foreground and trees through the window behind; working proof of the etched state of the head alone. 1824
Etching
- Production date
- 1824
- Dimensions
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Height: 142 millimetres
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Width: 115 millimetres (sheet cut irregularly)
- Curator's comments
- The British Museum possesses 27 impressions from this plate, including a long series of working proofs. This is one of a group of 9 trial impressions (1840,0627.20 to 28) taken of details of the plate at different stages of working; most are of the head, but some are of other details.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1840
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1840,0627.20