Artist
Benjamin SmithEnglish, active 1802–1824
Afterafter
Sir William BeecheyBritish, 1753–1839
CultureEnglish
Titles
- His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Third
Date1804
Printed inLondon, England
MediumStipple engraving and engraving on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 20 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (52.4 × 37.5 cm)
Plate: 23 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (59.4 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 24 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (61.3 × 43.5 cm)
Plate: 23 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (59.4 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 24 1/8 × 17 1/8 in. (61.3 × 43.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by two anonymous donors in honor of Bradley C. Brooks
Object numberB.2018.3
Not on view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Sanders of Oxford, Oxford, England], by 2017; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Radicals and Revolutionaries: America's Founding Fathers," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 10–May 28, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Painted by S.r W.m Beechey RA
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Engraved by Benjamin Smith
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, right: [illegible]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image: HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE THIRD. / THIS PRINT, Engraved from a Picture painted by S.r WILLIAM BEECHEY, in his MAJESTY'S COLLECTION / Is most humbly Dedicated to Her Majesty, by her Most Dutiful & Loyal Subjects, J. & J. Boydell.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image: Pub. Dec. 1. 1804, by J. & J. BOYDELL, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & at 90, Cheapside, London.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: #18348 / £250
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Engraved by Benjamin Smith
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below image, right: [illegible]
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image: HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE THIRD. / THIS PRINT, Engraved from a Picture painted by S.r WILLIAM BEECHEY, in his MAJESTY'S COLLECTION / Is most humbly Dedicated to Her Majesty, by her Most Dutiful & Loyal Subjects, J. & J. Boydell.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image: Pub. Dec. 1. 1804, by J. & J. BOYDELL, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & at 90, Cheapside, London.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top right corner: #18348 / £250
Watermark: None visible
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