print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1849,0721.1019-1020
- Description
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Two illustrations for the 'Universal Magazine'; after Stothard; among seven prints pasted to the same album sheet.
A man in military uniform, full-length seated to left at a table, looking up as a shaft of light which streams towards the book he holds; by Heath; before letters.
Three classical female figures standing with joined hands in front of a bust of George III set on a plinth decorated with a shield, with three cupids on the left holding a map and shield; by Baker.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1795
- Dimensions
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Height: 90 millimetres (first image)
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Height: 124 millimetres (second image)
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Width: 71 millimetres (first image)
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Width: 80 millimetres (second image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Although both Heath and Balmanno refer to the first print as 'Colonel Gardiner', Barham's drama of that name did not appear until 1823.
Included in the second volume of Balmanno's collection of Stothard's work in BM P&D. See 1849,0721.1 for more information.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Universal Magazine
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Associated Title: Colonel Gardiner; a Christian Drama (?)
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,0721.1019-1020