The First Georgians: Art and Monarchy (1714-1760)
In 1714 George I, Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, ascended the throne as Britain’s first constitutional monarch. With the dawn of a new dynastic age came the most dramatic period of change across all aspects of British political, intellectual and cultural life. To mark the 300th anniversary of the beginning of the Georgian era an exhibition at the *Queen’s Gallery in London explores royal patronage and taste in the reigns of George I and his son, George II, at…
