Sujet

Assassination attempt on King George III, 1786. Artist: Francis Jukes

Légende

Scene depicting the attempt made by Margaret Nicholson to assassinate King George III at the entrance to St James's Palace, London, on August 2, 1786; showing the assassin approaching the King, holding a knife in her hand, Yeomen of the Guard rush forward. The King was unharmed and the woman was discovered to be insane and sent to Old Bethlehem Hospital.

Date

1786

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_499

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 39,3cm x 31,8cm / 4646 x 3760 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings London England people event job law monarch guard crime occupation weapon weapons aggression king royal palace war Westminster century profession criminal royalty concept Yeoman of the Guard beefeater Beefeaters B&W insanity MONOCHROME assassin assassination madness warfare black & white black and white B W weaponry 18th century Eighteenth Century City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery royal event sovereign St James's Palace TGN Yeoman Warder King George III Margaret Nicholson King of Great Britain Yeomen Warders aquatint Robert Margaret Francis Jukes F Jukes Robert Pollard George III Robert Smirke;Smirke Nicholson Pollard Robert Jukes Francis