George III

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Artist/Maker	Dupont, Gainsborough (engraver) Dupont, Gainsborough (publisher) Gainsborough, Thomas (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, full-length, standing, facing slightly right, right hand on breast; wearing sash and star of the Order of the Garter, a sword at side and holding a tricorne hat in left hand. In the right background is a landscape, and to the left a column.

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Categories	Prints Portraits Royalty
Object type	Print
Title	George III (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint on paper Paper Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, fportrait of King George III, mezzotint by Gainsborough Dupont after Thomas Gainsborough, 1790.
Physical description	Portrait, full-length, standing, facing slightly right, right hand on breast; wearing sash and star of the Order of the Garter, a sword at side and holding a tricorne hat in left hand. In the right background is a landscape, and to the left a column.
Dimensions	Height: 61.6cm Width: 37.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Copy number	2nd state?
Marks and inscriptions	'Thos. Gainsborough Esqr. R.A. Pinxit. Gainsborough Dupont, Sculpt. Publish'd June 4: 1790, by Gainsborough Dupont, No.87, Pall Mall, London.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted	King Tricorne Garter Sash Sword Column Landscape George (III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.329-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568802/george-iii-print-dupont-gainsborough/

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