King George III (1738-1820), Reigned 1760-1820
Sitter associated with 182 portraits
Eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the first Hanoverian King to be born in England, George III reigned from 1760 to 1820. For the first part of his reign he was actively involved in government but after appointing William Pitt the younger to be Prime Minister in 1783, he took a political back seat. Content to play at 'Farmer George' he achieved greater popularity than when involved in ruling. He was plagued by bouts of illness, which were regarded as insanity; this led him to withdraw from public life in 1811, when the Regency began.
published by Carington Bowles
hand-coloured mezzotint, published 9 November 1786
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Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III
by George Noble
line engraving, published 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 23 June 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 9 June 1787
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by Thomas Rowlandson, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 January 1787
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'Amsterdam in a dam'd predicament, - or - the last scene of the Republican pantomime'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 10 May 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1787
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 29 May 1787
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by Robert Lawrie (Lowry), published by Robert Sayer, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 27 April 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 2 May 1788
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'The bow to the throne, - alias - the begging bow'
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 6 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 9 March 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 16 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published July 1788
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by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 28 March 1788
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Portraits of their Majesty's & the Royal Family Viewing the Exhibition of the Royal Academy 1789
by Pietro Antonio Martini, after Johann Heinrich Ramberg
etching, published 1789
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'France freedom Britain slavery'
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 28 July 1789
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Kew Palace & Queen Charlotte's Cottage, Richmond, Surrey
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