King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30
Sitter associated with 182 portraits
George, Prince of Wales was given no official duties by his father King George III. Jockeying for power, he sought to undermine the King by siding with the Whig opposition led by Charles James Fox. When the King went temporarily insane in 1788 William Pitt, the Tory Prime Minister, proposed a restricted Regency to protect the King's interests. The King's recovery three months later ended the 'Regency Crisis'. Pitt's Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness. George was sworn Regent in 1811, crowned King in 1820 and ruled until 1830.
'The fall of Phaeton' (King George IV; Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe))
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1 July 1788
NPG D12997
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 June 1788
NPG D13065
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching and aquatint, published 18 February 1789
NPG D12251
by James Sayers, published by Thomas Cornell
etching, published 11 March 1789
NPG D12253
by Thomas Rowlandson, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 30 January 1789
NPG D12397
'Brunswick triumphant! or - the battle of the blood's, - pure, and contaminated'
by James Gillray, published by James Aitken
hand-coloured etching, published 23 May 1789
NPG D12400
'Bandelures' (King George IV; Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe); Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching and stipple, published 28 February 1791
NPG D12412
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 November 1791
NPG D12429
'A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion' (King George IV)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 2 July 1792
NPG D33359
King George IV ('A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 2 July 1792
NPG D12460
'Modern hospitality, - or - a friendly party in high life'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 31 March 1792
NPG D12447
'Vices overlook'd in the new proclamation'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 24 May 1792
NPG D12456
'The visit to Piccadilly; - or - a Prussian reception'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 12 July 1792
NPG D12462
King George IV when Prince of Wales
after Robert Dighton
mezzotint, 1793 or after
NPG D8047
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Brydon, after Simon de Koster
mezzotint, published 1 May 1794
NPG D33330
by Jean Condé, published by Pierre Condé, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1794
NPG D14900
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 24 January 1795
NPG D12515
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 1 June 1795
NPG D12527
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 4 June 1795
NPG D12528
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 21 November 1795
NPG D12548
Avington Park, Winchester, Hampshire
Royal Pavilion, Brighton, East Sussex
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