2-645-922 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'King George II', 1744, (1911). George II (1683-1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, from 11 June 1727 until his death. He was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: born and brought up in northern Germany. From 1727, George exercised little control over British domestic policy, which was largely controlled by the Parliament of Great Britain. Oil on canvas, by Thomas Hudson (1701-1779), an English portrait painter. From The Connoisseur Vol XXX. [Otto Limited, London, 1911]