2-702-488 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Georg III', (1933). Portrait of King George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. In the later part of his life, George III suffered from mental illness, possibly due to the blood disease porphyria. Known as 'Mad King George', he was unable to rule and his son became Regent. After a miniature by Richard Cosway. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]