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'Affability' (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III) NPG D12518

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey

King George III's simple ways and interest in rural matters earned him the nickname 'Farmer George'. Here he wanders around one of the three farms he established at Windsor eagerly engaging the startled villagers in awkward conversation. Gillray nearly always portrayed George III in profile, probably in satiric allusion to the idealised official likeness to be found on English coins. A shrunken Queen Charlotte links his arm, looking ill at ease and clutching her snuffbox. The artist's depiction of her here is not as savage... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.