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  • 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.
  • The head of a young Franciscan monk. Colour crayon-manner print by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after Annibale Carracci.
  • 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".
  • King George III giving money from his purse to a woman who is raking hay near Weymouth, Dorset. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1820.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Queen Charlotte, and George Prince of Wales as an infant seated on her lap. Mezzotint by R. Houston after R. Pile (Pyle) , ca. 1765.
  • The coffin of Princess Amelia. Coloured engraving.
  • An ornate sedan chair with a state crown on top. Engraving by P. Begbie, 1775, after R. Adam, 1771.
  • A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.
  • King George V and Queen Mary seated. Photogravure by Rembrandt Photogravure after Hughes and Mullins.
  • King George IV when Prince of Wales as Colonel of the tenth Light Dragoons. Photogravure, 1905, after W. Beechey.
  • King George IV, seated in an armchair, holding a glove in his right hand. Mezzotint by J. Bromley after R. Bowyer, 1827.
  • King George I, head and shoulders, in profile. Engraving by J. Chereau after G. Kneller, 1714.
  • King George IV as a lady's maid wearing an apron over her dress. Etching by William Heath, 1829.
  • King George II as Prince of Wales. Engraving by G. Vertue after G. Kneller, 1724.
  • Queen Charlotte holding the baby Princess Charlotte. Process print after F. Cotes.
  • Lord North and the Earl of Mansfield stand on a platform addressing a group of distressed patriots beyond which ships of war sail and sink. Engraving, 1776.
  • King George IV as Prince of Wales, wearing a military uniform and holding a sword. Mezzotint, 1800.
  • Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.
  • Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, head and shoulders. Stipple print after Cornelius Höÿer, ca. 1795.
  • Queen Mary (May of Teck) standing, wearing a tiara and holding a folded fan. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1910.
  • Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, head and shoulders in profile. Stipple print by T. Woolnoth after T. Wageman, 1820.
  • Queen Mary (May of Teck) standing, wearing a tiara and holding a folded fan. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1910.
  • Queen Mary (May of Teck) standing, wearing a tiara and holding a folded fan. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1910.
  • Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, wearing a lavish dress and a high head-dress of feathers. Mezzotint, 1795.
  • Queen Mary (May of Teck) standing, wearing a tiara and holding a folded fan. Photograph by John Thomson, ca. 1910.