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Reference number

SM volume 60/21

Purpose

[3] Preliminary design for an allegorical painting for illuminations for the King's recovery, 1789

Aspect

View of the godess Hygeia crowning the king in the temple

Inscribed

as above, Britannia beholding his / recovery with gratitude - attended by the figure / of hope, the boys above, Love & Loyalty

Hand

William Hamilton (1751-1801)

Notes

William Hamilton designed the transparent paintings for the Bank's illuminations in celebration of King George III's recovery from illness. SM 10/1/2 shows only one of these paintings (derived from SM volume 60/19) on display on the front of the Bank. The allegorical images could have been a sequence that was intended to be displayed, or alternative images to be presented to Soane for his design. William Hamilton was a member of the Royal Academy and exhibited there from 1774 to 1801.

Level

Drawing

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