File:George IV bust.jpg

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Summary

Thomas Lawrence: King George IV  wikidata:Q28048746 reasonator:Q28048746
Artist
Thomas Lawrence  (1769–1830)  wikidata:Q312096 s:en:Portal:Thomas Lawrence
 
Thomas Lawrence
Description British painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death 13 April 1769 Edit this at Wikidata 7 January 1830 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol London
Work period 1780 Edit this at Wikidata–1830 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q312096
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Title
King George IV Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"King George IV Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"King George IV Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt des Georg IV. als Prinzregent"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: George IV of the United Kingdom (1762-1830), Regent 1811-20; reigned 1820-30. Oil on canvas, 36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm), purchased, 1861, on display in at the National Portrait Gallery.

Artist: (quoted from the National Portrait Gallery)

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 425 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

In 1814, Lord Stewart, who had been appointed ambassador in Vienna and was a previous client of Thomas Lawrence, wanted to commission a portrait by him of the Prince Regent (later King George IV). He therefore arranged that Lawrence should be presented to the Prince Regent at a levée. Soon after, the Prince visited Lawrence at his studio in Russell Square. Lawrence wrote to his brother that To crown this honour, [he] engag'd to sit to me at one today and after a successful sitting of two hours, has just left me and comes again tomorrow and the next day. The result was a drawing in the Royal Collection, this dashing oil sketch of his head in profile like a Classical god and a large portrait of him in Field Marshall's uniform.

Depicted people George IV of the United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+71.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Current location
room 17
Accession number
References
Source/Photographer Scanned from a postcard issued by the The Tower of London. The postcard has been reproduced by courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London.
Other versions :Image:George iv england.jpg - cropped
:Image:George IV bust1.jpg - halftoning removed

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