Portrait of George Louis, George I
Date
1718
Sitter
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1660 - 1727, German)
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 281mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of George I, with curled wig, white-laced necktie and state robes. In an oval frame, below which are swords and a pedestal.
Pedestal inscribed: ‘GEORGIUS Mag BRITANNIAE
Rex fidei Defensor
G. Kneller Eg: Baron pinxit Geo Vertue Sculp 1718’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1660 – 1727) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727.
Pedestal inscribed: ‘GEORGIUS Mag BRITANNIAE
Rex fidei Defensor
G. Kneller Eg: Baron pinxit Geo Vertue Sculp 1718’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1660 – 1727) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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