soft-ground etching with original hand-colouring, on laid paper watermarked “W&Co”, trimmed within the plate mark, but outside all image and letters, pale even browning, [BM Satires 11589],
Dighton (Robert)
George the=IIIrd= aged=72= 1810, Reign'd = 50 = Years, A Royal Jubilee,
£120
, R. Dighton, 1810.
a mildly caricatured portrait of King George III, drawn from life at Windsor on the occasion of his golden jubilee, shown full length in profile, stepping to the left in naval uniform with a star on his left breast, in high cavalry boots, a cocked hat held in his right hand, his left hand pointing forwards, a long sword hanging at his side,.
265 by 195mm (10½ by 7¾ inches).


