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His Late Most Gracious Majesty, George IV [print] / engraved by S.W. Reynolds ; after a picture by Sir T. Lawrence in his Late Majesty's collection.

Accession number
PML 146391.207
Creator
Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, engraver.
Published
London ; Paris : Published July 15, 1830, by Giraldon-Bovinet & Co., [1830].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark, with loss of Parisian imprint at bottom of sheet.
Part of a large collection of prints, drawings, and letters bound into an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Letters and journals of Lord Byron (PML 146390-97); assembled by collector David Langton and formerly in the possession of John Dillon and Gordon Ray.
Description
1 print : mezzotint, image: 178 x 143 mm; sheet: 276 x 210 mm
Provenance
David Langton; John Dillon; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Portrait of George IV, almost half-length standing directed to right, looking over his shoulder to left, left hand on hip, wearing heavy robes with bows at the shoulders, a frill at the neck and the collars of several orders, with thick curly hair brushed forward.
Classification
Department