King George IV
(1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 274 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'. The Regency Bill was revived during the King's final illness. George was sworn Regent in 1811 and crowned King in 1820. Vain, self-indulgent and debauched he was, however, a man of exceptional taste and style who is best remembered for his magnificent patronage of the arts.
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 10 March 1802
NPG D12784
'Dilettanti-theatricals: - or - a peep at the green room'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured soft-ground etching, published 18 February 1803
NPG D13099
by Henry Bone, after Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, August 1804 (1803-1804)
NPG D17430
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1804
NPG D12833
'A morning ride' (King George IV; Sir John McMahon, 1st Bt)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1804
NPG D13105
'L'assemblée nationale: - or - grand cooperation meeting at St Ann's Hill'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 June 1804
NPG D13107
by Salomon Jomtob Bennett, after Sir William Beechey
line engraving, published 1805 (1798)
NPG D10982
by Thomas Cheesman, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1806
NPG D33328
'Le diable-boiteux, - or - the devil upon two sticks, conveying John Bull to the land of promise'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 8 February 1806
NPG D12858
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 March 1806
NPG D12861
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 14 March 1806
NPG D12862
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 5 April 1806
NPG D12863
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 28 July 1806
NPG D12871
The Protestant St George too much for All the Tallons, or the Beast with seven heads
by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 4 April 1807
NPG D47473
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 11 October 1809
NPG D33335
after Thomas Phillips
lithograph, circa 1811-1819
NPG D33334
by Charles Williams
hand-coloured etching, published for the proprietors of Town Talk 1 April 1812
NPG D46371
King George IV when Prince Regent
by William Say, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1812
NPG D8048
King George IV when Prince Regent
by William Say, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1812
NPG D11337
by John Raphael Smith, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 1813 or after (Engraved 1783)
NPG D33332
HRH The Prince of Wales at a Review
by Charles Turner, after John Singleton Copley
mezzotint, published 1813 (1809)
NPG D10983
King George IV ('Paternal Protection')
publshed by Robert Dighton
etching, published 9 March 1813
NPG D47132
King George IV when Prince Regent
by Henry Bone, after Thomas Phillips
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, August 1814 (1806)
NPG D17517
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
photograph of drawing, (circa 1814-1815)
NPG D33343
by Richard James Lane, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1814)
NPG D33345
probably by Charles Williams, published by William Naunton Jones
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1814
NPG D46372
King George IV when Prince Regent
after Unknown artist
hand-coloured etching, published 1815
NPG D5217
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
NPG D8049
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
NPG D21975
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
NPG D21976
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
NPG D21977
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
NPG D21978
King George IV when Prince Regent
by Henry Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1816 (1814)
NPG D17252
'Marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg'
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
stipple and line engraving, published April 1818
NPG D16053
by and published by William Skelton, after Thomas Phillips
line engraving, published 1819
NPG D33340
by Thomas Fryer Ranson, after Edmund Scott
engraving, circa 1820-1828
NPG D33333
by Thomas Fryer Ranson, published by Charles James Scott, and published by Colnaghi & Co, after Edmund Scott
engraving, circa 1820-1828
NPG D33342
by François Séraphin Delpech, after Zéphirin Félix Jean Marius Belliard, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
coloured lithograph, circa 1820-1825
NPG D33344
by Unknown artist
stamped paper relief, 1820 or after
NPG D10841
by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, after 1820
NPG D42496
Related People
- Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (brother)
- Princess Amelia (sister)
- Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (wife)
- Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Princess Royal (sister)
- Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (daughter)
- Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (mother)
- Princess Elizabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg (sister)
- Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover (brother)
- Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) (wife)
- Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (brother)
- King George III (father)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (sister)
- Prince Octavius (brother)
- Princess Augusta Sophia (sister)
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (brother)
- King William IV (brother)
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