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Description: | A portrait of a middle aged man in an ornate frame. The subject is facing the viewer and is wearing robes of state, a decorative chain and a long curly wig. The base of the frame is decorated with three female figures; to the left a woman holds a distaff, the central figure has a sword and scales and the third woman is tending to a smoking urn on a pedastal. The frame is inscribed "KING GEORGE I".
Technique: engraving (printing process)
medium: ink (black)
George I by Jacobus Houbraken, Godfrey Kneller (after), 1746, (1918.688/14). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.103602 | Go to resource |
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