Escaping from Fire.
Designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth Engraved by H. Thielcke. London, Pub March 1 1821 by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place. Fine stipple printed in sepia, laid on sheet; platemark 200 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). Proof impression; Decorative design by [Lady Dashworth] Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), third daughter of George III and Queen Charlotte, and landgravine of Hesse-Homburg. Elizabeth's art was well-known and widely published: series of pictures ‘The Birth and Triumph of Cupid’ (1795) was engraved by Tomkins and published at the king's expense, and reissued as ‘The Birth and Triumph of Love’ in 1796. Twenty-four of her sketches, ‘The Power and Progress of Genius’, were issued in 1806. This is a later publication. For a set of similar designs by Elizabeth see ref. 11636.
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