|
|
King George III, 1793
Designed and made by James Pearson (1740-1838).
From the King's Dining Room, Windsor Castle.
This panel is a faithful copy of a portrait by Sir
Joshua Reynolds painted in 1780 which now hangs in the National Portrait
Gallery. This stained glass copy originally hung above a chimney-piece in the
King's Dining Room at Windsor Castle. The King is depicted in coronation robes
seated on the thirteenth century coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. The
original by Reynolds, was one of a pair of double portraits of the King and
Queen, exhibited at the Royal Academy in Spring 1780.
Inv. No. 1992/6 Lent by her Majesty the Queen.
|