KING GEORGE I.

Date1746

Engraver Jacobus Houbraken 1698-1780

After work by Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723)

Publisher John & Paul Knapton (active 1735-1789)

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 19" x OW: 12 3/4"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x 8 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-440

DescriptionThe upper margin reads: "KING /GEORGE/ I."

The lower margin reads: "At Kensington Palace./ G. Kneller pinxit./ J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1746./ Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini."ProvenanceBefore 1930, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1930-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).