Person

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

Images

  • King George II and Queen Caroline with their ten children (?). Etching.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, part of the King Charles block, with a scale. Engraving by H. Hulsburgh after C. Campbell, 1715.
  • Coinage: a coin press with dies, for minting coins, used in the Royal Mint. Engraving, ca. 1740-1760.
  • A man with the head of a fox (Henry Fox) is pulling the king's sedan chair, and calls for help from George Bubb Dodington, who is drinking in an inn. Etching, 1757.
  • A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.

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