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George III (1738-1820) 1771-1800
Oil on canvas | 162.8 x 136.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403259
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The German artist Johan Zoffany arrived in London in 1760 and soon established a reputation for informal conversation pieces in which accurate and lively portraits were set in surroundings showing the sitters’ taste and circumstances. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, commissioned portraits of his children from Zoffany c.1763-4 and probably introduced the artist to the King and Queen. The King nominated Zoffany to the new Royal Academy in 1769. He remained in favour for a further ten years, but after the unfavourable reception of The Tribuna was supplanted by other, younger artists. This portrait is an indifferent copy of one of Zoffany's 1771 portraits of the royal couple (OM 1195-6, 405071-2). The King appears seated in a green figured armchair; he wears a scarlet jacket with blue collar and cuffs, the star and riband of the Order of the Garter.
Provenance
First recorded in the King's Gallery at Kensington Palace in 1818 (no 359)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
162.8 x 136.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
182.7 x 157.5 x 6.5 cm (frame, external)
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