File:George IV bust1.jpg

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Thomas Lawrence: King George IV  wikidata:Q28048746 reasonator:Q28048746
Artist
Thomas Lawrence  (1769–1830)  wikidata:Q312096 s:en:Portal:Thomas Lawrence
 
Thomas Lawrence
Description British painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death 13 April 1769 Edit this at Wikidata 7 January 1830 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1780 Edit this at Wikidata–1830 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q312096
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King George IV Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"King George IV Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"King George IV Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Porträt des Georg IV. als Prinzregent"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description

George IV of the United Kingdom as the Prince Regent, circa 1814. He served as king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1820 to 1830. The Regency, George's nine-year tenure as Prince Regent, which commenced in 1811 and ended with George III's death in 1820, was marked by victory in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
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George IV of the United Kingdom (1762-1830), Regent 1811-20; reigned 1820-30. Oil on canvas, 36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm), purchased, 1861, on display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery.

Artist: (quoted from the National Portrait Gallery)

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist associated with 425 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

In 1814, Lord Stewart, who had been appointed ambassador in Vienna and was a previous client of Thomas Lawrence, wanted to commission a portrait by him of the Prince Regent (later King George IV). He therefore arranged that Lawrence should be presented to the Prince Regent at a levée. Soon after, the Prince visited Lawrence at his studio in Russell Square. Lawrence wrote to his brother that To crown this honour, [he] engag'd to sit to me at one today and after a successful sitting of two hours, has just left me and comes again tomorrow and the next day. The result was a drawing in the Royal Collection, this dashing oil sketch of his head in profile like a Classical god and a large portrait of him in Field Marshall's uniform.
Depicted people George IV of the United Kingdom Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+71.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q238587
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NPG 123 (National Portrait Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
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