His Late Most Excellent Majestry King George the Third.I hope the time will come when every poor child in my dominions will be able to read the Bible.
From an Original Drawing taken at the Age of 82 in the 60th Year of his Reign.
Published 1 March 1820, for the Proprietor and Sold by Mess.rs Cribb & Son Holborn and R. Cooper No. 1 Edward Street, Hampstead Road.
Etching, proof impression; sheet 425 x 275mm (16¾ x 10¾").
Unusual portrait of George III (1738-1820) in old age. The king's last public appearance was in 1810, a decade before his death, and was followed by a manic episode. His eyesight deteriorated until he was completely blind, and he was increasingly afflicted by deafness. Treatment was left in the hands of mad-doctors, with conventional physicians largely denied access to the king. A regency was declared in 1811, which saw the future George IV act as regent until his father's death. Of all the many portraits of George III published after his death, this is one of very few to depict the darkness of the king's final years.
[Ref: 43433] £160.00
Published 1 March 1820, for the Proprietor and Sold by Mess.rs Cribb & Son Holborn and R. Cooper No. 1 Edward Street, Hampstead Road.
Etching, proof impression; sheet 425 x 275mm (16¾ x 10¾").
Unusual portrait of George III (1738-1820) in old age. The king's last public appearance was in 1810, a decade before his death, and was followed by a manic episode. His eyesight deteriorated until he was completely blind, and he was increasingly afflicted by deafness. Treatment was left in the hands of mad-doctors, with conventional physicians largely denied access to the king. A regency was declared in 1811, which saw the future George IV act as regent until his father's death. Of all the many portraits of George III published after his death, this is one of very few to depict the darkness of the king's final years.
[Ref: 43433] £160.00