I saw the George IV exhibition at the Queens Gallery recently. It is interesting that whereas previous monarchs had used Royal patronage to self consciously promote themselves as monarchs, he was just a rich man showing off his taste. For example, Charles II consciously modeled his coronation portrait on standard coin images of medieval monarchs, Goerge IV spent money on all kinds of stuff like Chinarosie that had such meaning.
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