Bust of King George III in modern dress facing right, legend around. Bust signed T.W. at bottom in the dress.
Obverse lettering
GEORGE
III ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE OCT. 25. 1760.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
The reverse represents an allegory illustrating the biblical passage from Matthew 25:21 ‘Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord’ from the Parable of the Talents. An image of a classically garbed crowd of onlookers observing an ascent into heaven in a fiery chariot of a figure – identified in the Royal Collection Trust catalogue entry as the prophet Elijah, but which the crown on the passenger’s head surely suggests is the king himself. Lettering around and at the bottom.
Reverse lettering
ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY
LORD
DIED JAN. 29. 1820
AGED 81 YEARS
