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George II (1683-1760) c.1730
Oil on canvas | 238.3 x 148.0 x 2.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405678
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Seeman was an artist of Dutch extraction born in London who worked for George II and Frederick, Prince of Wales, but whose output is represented in the Royal Collection by versions of just two images – official portraits of George II and Queen Caroline (OM 508 and 511, 405678 and 406182), probably created soon after their accession in c. 1730.
This is probably the original of the portrait of the King, which may have been the one originally hung in a set of royal full-lengths at the Queen’s Gallery in Kensington. It was moved to Windsor in 1795 and soon after incorporated into the series of royal full-lengths which still line the walls of St George's Hall. At this point it became separated from its pair (OM 511, 406182).
The King is shown with his right hand resting on the orb beside the crown and sceptre on a table top; he is wearing robes of State with the collar of the Order of the Garter.Provenance
Presumably commissioned by George II, with its pair of Queen Caroline (406182); its subsequent history is confused by copies of the royal pair (405891 & 406760); this picture is porbably the full length recorded in the Queen's Gallery at Kensington in 1732; taken with its pair to Windsor Castle in 1795 (no 5); listed there in the King's Presence Chamber in 1816, where it can be seen in Pyne's illustrated Royal Residences of 1819 (RCIN 922110); moved to its current position in St George's Hall by 1840
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Oil on canvas
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238.3 x 148.0 x 2.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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