George III (Q18524542)

Label from: English (en)

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genre: portrait (Q134307)
artist: William Buchy (Q18524563)
collection: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
owned by: Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
location of final assembly: England (Q21)
depicts: George III of Great Britain (Q127318) ermine (Q384324) velvet (Q243519) curtain (Q49005) Order of the Garter (Q215248)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/george-iii/

information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog

description: This painting is a version of the official state portrait painted by the Scottish artist Allan Ramsay. George III (reigned 1760-1820) is dressed in ceremonial robes and wears the insignia of the Order of the Garter, the oldest order of knighthood: the pendant of St. George, patron saint of England and of the Order, suspended from the chain; the Star, glimpsed on the left breast; and the Garter, visible on the left leg below the knee. The letters

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