Portrait of George Frederick Leopold, King of the Belgians
Date
1844
Sitter
King of the Belgians Leopold I (1790 - 1865)
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 216mm
width (print): 152mm
width (print): 152mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of George Frederick Leopold, King of the Belgians standing in three-quarter turn to the right and looking out to viewer. He wears military uniform of short jacket with epaulettes and breeches. Decorated in insignia and holding a sword in this left hand. In a landscape setting with the Castle of Laeken in the background [?].
Inscribed ‘HIS MAJESTY LEOPOLD, KING OF THE BELGIANS.’
Plate to the Illustrated London News.
George Frederick Leopold, King of the Belgians (1790-1865) elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Inscribed ‘HIS MAJESTY LEOPOLD, KING OF THE BELGIANS.’
Plate to the Illustrated London News.
George Frederick Leopold, King of the Belgians (1790-1865) elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
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