Title
ERECTED AT WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMB REGIS in the County of DORSET on the 25th October 1809. / Coade & Sealy fecit ; Edward Scriven sculpt.
Creator
Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Pubd July 20th 1811 for the Proprietor by Boydell & Compy Cheapside London., [July 20 1811]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint, stipple and etching ; platemark 48.5 x 39.2 cm, on sheet 57.3 x 43.7 cm
Description
The statue of George III at Weymouth, the figure full-length, slightly turned to the left, with one hand on his hip and the other holding his sceptre, dressed in his robes of state over his frockcoat and breeches with the star and chain of the Garter, his sword at his side, a sideboard behind him with the crown, standard, books and an armorial, upon a tall pedestal lettered 'The grateful inhabitants to George the Third on his entering the 5oth Year of His Reign', a lion and a unicorn on either side surrounded by railings.
Place
Weymouth and Portland (England)
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.12.12.f.