George III (1738-1820)

Artists

Description

King George in left profile.

Dimensions

sight: 8.8 × 6.7 × 1.5 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/8 × 9/16 in.) framed: 19.6 × 17.5 cm (7 11/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Queen Victoria, gift; to unidentified equerry [1]. J. Ruston, Lincoln, England, sold [by his executors]; to Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh, 1897 [2], sold; to [Frederick Rathbone, London, 1907] [3], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Notes [1] Royal Collection, U.K., Gift of Queen Victoria to an equerry. May have entered the Royal Collection during the reign of King George III [2] Per Frederick Rathbone [3] Per Frederick Rathbone and 1945 Gorley article.