Keys to Prints of the Coronation of George IV, and Investigation in the House of Lords in 1820

Robert Bowyer|James Stephanoff

ca. 1823 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

This print provides a key to the portraits in Stephanoff's "View of the House of Lords" (lower center), supplemented with a ground plan of the House of Lords (above), a key to a print of the Coronation of George IV by Stephanoff (at upper left), a view of the Villa D'Este on the lake of Como, the residence of her late Majesty Queen Caroline (at upper right), and finally directions for placing the prints in a related book. In 1820 the Lords had debated the Trials and Penalties Bill after hearing testimony on the purported adultery of Queen Caroline who then lived in Italy; the bill passed but was not sent on to the Commons so never became law. When George IV was crowned, Caroline returned to England hoping to be crowned queen, was welcomed by the public but prevented from entering Westminster Abbey.

Artist

Robert Bowyer|James Stephanoff

Date

ca. 1823

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014