A 18340 III 485

Gedenkblatt. – In der Blattmitte kleines Brustb.-Medaillon nach r., l. Hand vor der Brust, vor feinem Kreuzschraffur-Hintergrund in ov. Schriftrahmen „BORN JANUARY 7th. 1796. DIED NOVEMBER 6th. 1817.“, umgeben von engl. Text in kalligraphischer Schrift „SACRED | TO | the Memory of | HER LATE LAMENTED ROYAL HIGHNESS | [Krone] | CHARLOTTE | PRINCESS / OF WALES | & / OF | Saxe Cobourg Saalfeld.“ – Darunter 6 engl. Verse von „Campbell“:

Still may thy name speak concord from the tomb
Still may the Muses bid thy memory bloom
They shall describe Thy Life thy form pourtray
But all the love that mourn’d thee swept away
’Tis not in language or expressive Arts
To paint – Ye felt it Britons in your hearts.

Darunter [der Widmer?] „Walter Paton [1793–1855?]“ u. 1zeil. engl. Widmung (in rotem Nadeldruck) „Dedicated by Permission to His Most Gracious Majesty George 4th.“

Stahlstich: <u.l./r.> Eng[rave]d after Sir T[homas] Lawrence P[ainter of the] R[oyal] A[cademy] / by Cosmo Armstrong. – <unter dem Widmer-Namen> R. Halliwell Script[uram] Sculpsit. – <unter der Widmung, in Rotdruck> Published at 2 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, Jan[uar]y 1st. 1826 [London]. 510 x 408 mm 73 x 66 mm Plr. beschn. Krone Paton, Walter; an: König Georg IV. von Großbritannien [A 5857–5872] Campbell (Anf. 19. Jh.) engl.: Still may thy name speak concord from the tomb Gedenkblatt Kalligraphie 2001-06-11 18:47:19 2006-09-11 10:56:56