King George IV







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King George IV
by Richard James Lane, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
lithograph, (1815)
17 1/8 in. x 12 3/4 in. (435 mm x 325 mm) paper size
Given by Austin Lane Poole, 1956
Reference Collection
NPG D21975
Sitterback to top
- King George IV (1762-1830), Regent 1811-19; Reigned 1820-30. Sitter associated with 273 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 689 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D8049: King George IV (from same plate)
- NPG D21976: King George IV (from same plate)
- NPG D21977: King George IV (from same plate)
- NPG D21978: King George IV (from same plate)
- NPG D22217: King George IV (from same plate)
- NPG D33345: King George IV (from same plate)
Events of 1815back to top
Current affairs
John and James Leigh Hunt are released from prison after a two year sentence for slandering the Prince of Wales in their outspoken, radical periodical the Examiner.Corn Laws are introduced to protect against the collapse in prices which would inevitably follow peace with France, prompting riots in London.
Art and science
Humphry Davy invents the miners' safety lamp though its reception is clouded by William Clanny and George Stephenson who present rival models in the same year.British Institution arranges first in innovative series of Old Master exhibitions
provoking virulent attack on its patrons for neglecting contemporary art.
International
Napoleon returns to France from exile in Elba and resumes power until his abdication on 22 June; a period known as the 'Hundred Days'.Battle of Waterloo concludes the Anglo-French struggle that had lasted more than a century. Peace of Vienna establishes Britain's global political, economic and imperial dominance which lasts for the next hundred years.
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