print; newspaper/periodical

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Object Type: print; newspaper/periodical
Museum number: 1868,1212.646
Title: Object: Intended Public Monument to the Memory of his late Majesty, King George the Third
Description: George III standing in classical robes wearing a laurel wreath, holding out the orb in his left hand, holding the sceptre against him with the other, looking ahead to right, in a chariot drawn by four prinacing horses, with winged angels either side, a many-headed serpentine monster under the horses' feet; after a statue; illustration to the New European Magazine. 1822 Etching and engraving
Producer name: After: Matthew Coates Wyatt; Print made by: Robert Baker; Published by: John Letts
School/style
Production date: 1822
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 112 millimetres (image); Height: 135 millimetres (sheet); Width: 174 millimetres (image); Width: 224 millimetres (sheet)
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Location: Not on display
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: George Smith, the printseller (estate of); Purchased through: Sotheby's (sale 11-12.xii.1868/?); Purchased through: Edward Daniell
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,1212.646

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