King George IV. Engraving by T. F. Ranson after E. Scott, 182-.

  • Scott, Edmund, approximately 1746-1810.
Date:
[between 1820 and 1829]
Reference:
2005476i
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Description

King George IV, half-length to left, facing towards the viewer. He is wearing the star of the Garter. Below the portrait, a variation of the king's coat of arms, with lettering "Ranson delt. aqua ft. et sc.", i.e. Ranson drew, etched and engraved it: the lion and the unicorn are shown disporting themselves, the white cliffs of Dover are on the left and the City of London is on the right

Publication/Creation

Brighton (2 Bond Street) : C.J. Scott ; London (Cockspur Street) : Colnaghi & Co., [between 1820 and 1829]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 25.5 x 19.9 cm, platemark 43 x 30 cm

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Lettering

His most gracious Majesty George the Fourth. Dedicated by permission to his royal highness the Duke of York. By his royal highnesses obedient, humble servant, Charles James Scott. Engraved by Thomas F. Ranson, from a drawing by the late Edmund Scott.

References note

Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits: preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1908-1925, vol. 2, p. 316, no. 117

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2005476i

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