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Description: | Mezzotint . In this mezzotint engraving after a whole-length portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, King George III wears the Windsor uniform (designed by the king himself for the use of family and friends) and the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter, with the Garter itself around his knee. The Garter is the emblem of the Order and bears the motto ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ (‘shame upon him who thinks evil upon it’).
Thomas Gainsborough exhibited his portrait of George III and a companion portrait of Queen Charlotte at the Royal Academy in 1781. The artist’s nephew, Gainsborough Dupont, engraved this mezzotint after the king’s portrait and published it on 6 June 1790, publishing a second edition on 30 December the same year. The lettering on this example, which would have given the precise date of publication, no longer survives. | Subjects: | King George III breeches male portrait King waistcoat stockings royal portrait 18th century costume column landscape C18th shoe coat sword | Temporal: | 1790 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Gainsborough Dupont (Engraver) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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