King George IV ('A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion') Portrait Print

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King George IV ('A voluptuary under the horrors of digestion') NPG D12460

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

James Gillray showed no mercy in this caricature of the overweight Prince of Wales. Earlier in the century his corpulence would have been unremarkable, but by the Regency period the fashionable male silhouette was much slimmer. The Prince almost bursts out of his buff-coloured waistcoat and breeches while his blue coat, cut away into tails, would never fasten. These colours were associated with the Whig leader and fellow libertine, Charles James Fox, with whom George was close friends. The Prince had always been interested... more

Extra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00

Small 297mm x 210mm £15.00

Medium 483mm x 329mm £30.00

Large 590mm x 432mm £45.00

Extra large: 840mm x 612mm £75.00

Medium Canvas Shortest edge 297mm £35.00

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border, on the paper of your choice. Please note that dimensions listed above are for the paper size only.

The Photo paper has a semi-gloss finish, ideally suited to reproductions of photographs, while the Art paper has a matt textured surface that works particularly well for reproductions of drawings, etchings and some paintings.

If selecting a frame for Photo paper small or medium, please note that the frame is black, made from solid sustainable wood in the UK, and the dimensions are:

Small: Depth 23mm / Height 332mm / Width 245mm

Medium: Depth 23mm / Height 517mm / Width 362mm

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