Printing plate
copper plate
Profile Portrait of George III
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.38
Artist/Designer/Maker
Fowler, William - Engraver
Production date
1808
Material
copper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
height: 79mm
width: 109mm
width: 109mm
Location
Burlington House - RUB B
Content description
Printing plate with the profile portrait of George III, surrounded by two lines of lettering; traces of burnishing and repoussage on the reverse of the plate.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
W.m Fowler del.
et fecit
1808
et fecit
1808
Inscription content
May him live longer than I have time to tell his years. Ever beloved and loving may his rule be. And when old time shall lead him to his end Goodness and he up one Monument!
References
Reference (controlled)
Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
Printing plate with the profile portrait of George III, surrounded by two lines of lettering; traces of burnishing and repoussage on the reverse of the plate.
This plate, together with 34 others, was engraved for private distribution among Fowler's friends and not included in the published volumes of prints. It can be found in volume IV of William Fowler's prints from the collection of James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (now at The British Museum).
The plate was engraved after George III's escape from assassination. The lettering was altered as there are traces of burnishing on the obverse of the plate and of repoussage on the reverse.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr John Ashley Null FSA.
The plate was engraved after George III's escape from assassination. The lettering was altered as there are traces of burnishing on the obverse of the plate and of repoussage on the reverse.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr John Ashley Null FSA.