drawing
- Museum number
- 1880,0214.304
- Description
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Design for one of the titles to 'Nelson's Victories'; Britannia standing by a bust of George III, over whom the sun breaks from clouds, and pointing to the British Lion which is in an attitude of rage, defending the native shore, standing over an axe and a trident
Pen and brown ink with brown wash
- Production date
- 1740-1812
- Dimensions
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Height: 500 millimetres
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Width: 402 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The following entry is taken from David Bindman, Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and French Revolution, no. 214, exhibition, BM, 1989
From the same volume celebrating 'Nelson's Victories' as 1880,0214.303, it shows George III in a symbolic role as source of the prosperity and naval power of Britain at the end of the eighteenth century, identifying the monarchy completely with patriotism (see Colley 1984, p. 126f.).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1974 Jun-Aug, London, Kenwood, Iveagh Bequest, de Loutherbourg, no. 68
1980 Oct-Dec, Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 'Goya', no. 422
1989 May-Sep, BM, Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and French Revolution, no. 214
1990 Jan-Mar, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Britain/French Revolution, no.170
1990 Jun-Sep, Vizille, Mus/Rev Francaise, Britain/French Revolution, no.170
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1880,0214.304
