File:William IV RMG BHC3097.jpg
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editAndrew Morton: William IV | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Morton |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: William IV A full-length portrait of William IV turning slightly to the left, in Admiral of the Fleet’s full dress uniform, with the ribbon and star of the Garter and the star of the Bath. In his left hand he holds his sword and white glove and in his right he holds his hat. There is a coastal background on the left and a rocky shore behind him on the right. William IV was the third son of George III and brother of George IV. At the age of 13, he became a midshipman and began his career in the Royal Navy. He retired from the Navy in 1790 as the Duke of Clarence, and became heir apparent at the age of 62 when his older brother died. William's reign was dominated by the Reform crisis, leading to the Reform Bill. It eradicated some of the worst abuses of the electoral system, introduced standardised rules for the franchise and extended the franchise to the middle classes. He died a month after his niece, Victoria, had come of age. This late portrait of William is probably a replica of an original work from the studio of Andrew Morton. It was presented to the Greenwich Hospital Collection by King William IV in 1837, the year of his death. |
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Date |
circa 1832 date QS:P571,+1832-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 2743 mm x 1778 mm; Frame: 2802 mm x 1889 mm x 70 mm | |||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC3097 |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14570 | |||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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Identifier InfoField | File number: 4G10.031 Greenwich Hospital Collection number: GH299 Loan File Number: Y2000.023 id number: BHC3097 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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