The best pictures of the Prince Regent
Posted in Architecture, Best pictures, Famous landmarks, Historical articles, History, Royalty on Wednesday, 19 August 2015
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The best pictures of the Prince Regent show the future George IV as stylish Hanoverian icon and overweight self-indulgent heir-apparrent.
The first picture is a painterly fiction of the Prince Regent.
The Prince Regent at Brighton by Harry Green
The second picture shows the Prince Regent with Mrs Fitzherbert outside his Pavilion at Brighton.
The Prince Regent at Brighton discussing the Royal Pavilion with his architect, John Nash, by Pat Nicolle
The third picture shows an apocryphal incident when Beau Brummell insulted the overweight Prince Regent.
"Who's Your Fat Friend?" asked Beau Brummell to his everlasting regret on realising it was the Prince Regent, by Paul Rainer
Many more pictures of George IV can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.