King George V (1865-1936) Reigned 1910-36

Sir Samuel Luke Fildes (1843 - 1927)

Aquatint photogravure

January 30 1913

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House
  • About the artist
    Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, commonly known as Luke Fildes, was an illustrator before turning to portrait painting. He was commissioned by the novelist Charles Dickens to illustrate his last novel ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’, published in 1870. In 1874 Fildes’ large painting of ‘Applicants for Admission to a Casual Ward’, showing the destitute queuing in hope of a night of shelter, brought him overnight fame, when it was exhibited at the Royal Academy, accompanied by a quote from Dickens. Fildes continued to paint social realist subjects, but it was as a portrait painter that he found fame and fortune. His painting of the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra) of 1894 led to a series of royal commissions.
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    Artist
    Sir Samuel Luke Fildes (1843 - 1927)
    Title
    King George V (1865-1936) Reigned 1910-36
    Date
    January 30 1913
    Medium
    Aquatint photogravure
    Dimensions
    height: 73.2cm, width: 47.2cm
    Acquisition
    Official state portrait copy supplied via Ministry of Works
    GAC number
    15386