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  • The death of General Wolfe, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and the masts of ships. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1776, after B. West, the elder, 1770.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • Sir Joseph Banks. Line engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after T. Phillips.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • Sir Joseph Banks. Line engraving by N. Schiavonetti, 1812, after T. Phillips.
  • An angel conducting Prince Octavius to heaven on a cloud, where Prince Alfred greets him: Windsor Castle below. Engraving by R. Strange after B. West.
  • The head of a young Franciscan monk. Colour crayon-manner print by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after Annibale Carracci.
  • King George III standing, in military uniform; horse in the background. Etching and stipple by B. Smith after W. Beechey, 1804.
  • King George III standing, in military uniform; horse in the background. Etching and stipple by B. Smith after W. Beechey, 1804.
  • King George III in old age, seated in an armchair. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1820.
  • King George III. Mezzotint by C. Turner, 1820.
  • King George III. Stipple engraving by P.W. Tomkins, 1801.
  • King George III. Soft-ground etching by W. Daniell after G. Dance the younger, 1793.
  • King George III. Mezzotint after T. Frye.
  • A festive procession in honour of George III in St. Paul's Cathedral on St. George's day, led by George III. Line engraving by J. Neagle after E. Dayes.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • King George III taking the waters at Cheltenham. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Stadler after C. Rosenberg, 1812.
  • King George III dispensing Maundy money. Engraving by James Basire, 1777, after S.H. Grimm, 1773.
  • King George III of the United Kingdom. Etching by W. Lowry, 1817, after M.C. Wyatt.
  • Britannia holds her discontented suckling child (King George III) and looks at it with sadness, above them the full privy purse of 1753 and the empty privy purse of 1773. Etching.
  • King George III sits at a table approached by his son, the Prince of Wales. Engraving, 1770.
  • King George III giving money from his purse to a woman who is raking hay near Weymouth, Dorset. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1820.
  • The Prince of Wales looks from a window of Carlton House at a crowd of people and a woman on a broomstick; George III looks on through a telescope. Coloured etching by "H. Shade" after "Nicholas Lunatic".
  • Report from the Committee appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty [George III] during his illness, touching the present state of His Majesty's health.
  • The Lord Mayor of London kneels before King George III and presents a remonstrance on behalf of the City of London: the king has no time to read it as he is preoccupied with making buttons. Engraving, 1770.
  • King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
  • King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.
  • King George III analysing the residue from a large glass retort containing a small figure; representing the English view of Napoleon. Coloured aquatint by T. West, 1803.
  • James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.