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James Bearblock
A modern St. George
London : Pubd. Jany. 1788 for I. and I.B. by R. Clamp, Holborn, [1788]
etching with stipple and drypoint, hand colored
image: 261 x 339 mm; sheet: 295 x 339 mm
Peel 1614
Notes
Etched below caption title: A Hint to Mr West for a Painting in St George's Hall; presumably a reference to the painter Benjamin West, who had recently been commissioned by George III to decorate St. George's Hall in Windsor.
Imprint from George.
George suggests James Bearblock as engraver.
Library's copy closely trimmed within plate mark, with presumed loss of imprint.
Imprint from George.
George suggests James Bearblock as engraver.
Library's copy closely trimmed within plate mark, with presumed loss of imprint.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows George III in profile to the right on a white horse riding down a stag which is under the hoofs of his rearing horse. He wears (in the Morgan Library & Museum copy) a red coat with black cuffs and collar, and holds a riding-whip above his head. A wooded landscape suggests Windsor Park.
Associated names
Bearblock, James, attributed.
Clamp, R., 1788-1798, publisher,
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Clamp, R., 1788-1798, publisher,
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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