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[Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham]. A Portrait.
[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), with very large margins.
Caricature portrait of Regency buck Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), known as 'Beau Petersham, standing as if on a flight of steps. He has large whiskers, and wears a brown double-breasted tail-coat with high collar and sleeves gathered at the shoulders to form a peak with long close-fitting breeches and spurred Hessian boots with large tassels. Two months after the publication he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George III, a post that continued under King George IV until 1829, when he became 4th Earl of Harrington. Serving in the army he reached the rank of major-general.
BM Satires: 11925.
[Ref: 50825] £240.00
Pub.d January 10th 1812 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street.
Hand-coloured etching. Platemark: 270 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), with very large margins.
Caricature portrait of Regency buck Charles Stanhope (1780-1851), known as 'Beau Petersham, standing as if on a flight of steps. He has large whiskers, and wears a brown double-breasted tail-coat with high collar and sleeves gathered at the shoulders to form a peak with long close-fitting breeches and spurred Hessian boots with large tassels. Two months after the publication he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King George III, a post that continued under King George IV until 1829, when he became 4th Earl of Harrington. Serving in the army he reached the rank of major-general.
BM Satires: 11925.
[Ref: 50825] £240.00