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John Nost III, active 1749–died 1780, Flemish, active in Ireland (from 1749), George III, 1764

Creator:: John Nost III, active 1749–died 1780
Title:: George III
Date:: 1764
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 25 × 19 1/4 × 10 inches (63.5 × 48.9 × 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Signed and dated by chisel on proper left side of supporting back column: "J. Nost. Sculpt. r | 1764"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.22
Classification:: Sculptures
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: king (person) | man | portrait
Associated People:: George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
Access:: Not on view
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1467
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George III became king in 1760, the first Hanoverian to be born in Britain. Feted as a young patriot king and the nation’s great hope, he declared famously: “Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.” During his reign, Britain was transformed economically and politically, and the nation’s territories overseas were expanded dramatically in North America, India, the West Indies, and Australia. Despite the loss of the thirteen American colonies (1775–83), Britain had become the most powerful nation on earth by 1815, toward the close of his reign. This celebratory bust by John Nost III, who made his career in Dublin, was made shortly after the end of the Seven Years’ War (1756–63) and shows the young king at the height of his popularity.

Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016

Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Bust of George III by John Nost the Younger, Magazine Antiques, vol. 74, July 1958, p. 73, available online via Art & Architecture Source [ORBIS]

Christie's Fine Works of Art and Sculpture, Apollo, vol. 98, November 1, 1973, p. 94, N1 +A54 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Christie's sale catalogue : A catalogue of the small, but valuable collection of Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English pictures, the property of the late David Garrick... : 23 June 1823, Christie's, London, June 23, 1823, p. 8, Lot 74, available online via Internet Archive [ORBIS]

Christie's sale catalogue : Important Works of Art and Sculpture : 4 December 1973, Christie's, London, December 4, 1973, pp. 52-53, Lot 158, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)

Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy : Exhibition Labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, pp. 35-36, no. 84, N8219 K5 C761 1990 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 34, no. 84, N8219 K5 C76 1990 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Joanna Marschner, Enlightened Princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, 2017, p. 250, fig. 13.26, NX543 +.E55 2017 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

Angus Trumble, The Marble Bust, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2004, no. 11, V 1304 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Ellis Waterhouse, Sculpture from the Paul Mellon Collection at the British Art Center at Yale, Burlington Magazine, vol. 119, May 1977, p. 351, fig. 55, N1 +B87 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]

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