print
- Museum number
- 1877,0811.625
- Title
- Object: George King of Great Britain
- Description
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Portrait; bust directed slightly to right, head turned to left, glancing towards the viewer, wearing coronation robes, lace cravat, George and long brown wig; in an oval; after Kneller; surrounded by flourishes and flanked by verses in engraved lettering.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1721-1771 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 305 millimetres (engraved area)
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Height: 180 millimetres (image)
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Width: 395 millimetres (engraved area)
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Width: 154 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A replica of Kneller's portrait is at the National Portrait Gallery, no. 5174
Literature: T. Clayton, 'The English Print 1688-1802', New Haven and London, 1997, pp.58.
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1877
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1877,0811.625
