Assassination attempt on King George III Finish:Stretched with figures and horsedrawn carriages

with figures and horsedrawn carriages in the street

Part of the wall of Montague House

The building was designed by Sir Edwin Cooper and built between 1912 and 1922

plate I of The Harlot's Progress

Assassination attempt on King George III Finish:Stretched with figures and horsedrawn carriagesScene 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.