Skip to main content

George the Third, On His Favorite Charger Adonis: P.142-1940

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

George the Third, On His Favorite Charger Adonis

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ward, James, R.A.
Draughtsman: Beechey, William (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Martin Erdmann; sale (Christie's) 15&16 November 1937, lot 312; Sold at Christie's 19.06.1940 (John Charrington Sale) Lot 112.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, with the aid of a contribution from the National Art-Collections Fund and from E.E. Barron, M.A., LL.B.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1811

Note

Progress proof, touched

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.142-1940
Primary reference Number: 125004
Frankau (Ward): 39
Smith, John Chaloner: 20
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "George the Third, On His Favorite Charger Adonis" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/125004 Accessed: 2024-12-22 12:36:56

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/125004 |title=George the Third, On His Favorite Charger Adonis |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 12:36:56|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-125004

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...