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George IV: Art & Spectacle
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    Exhibition multimedia

    Gilding the dragon

    George IV had a love of fantastical chinoiserie decorative schemes. Watch this film to find out how the dragon's timber frame is prepared for gilding.

    George IV's Highland Dress Accoutrements

    Watch this film to hear Deborah Clarke, Senior Curator at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, discuss George IV's historic visit to Scotland in 1822.

    George IV's coronation

    George IV's coronation was an elaborate affair. His coronation surcoat and a cast of the Imperial State crown are in the exhibition. This video shows you where you can spot them in his coronation portrait.

    Objects in Focus

    In these short clips curators explore the stories behind key objects in the exhibition.

    A hand-coloured etching showing a view of the interior of the portico of St Peter's Basilica, Vatican; with several groups of figures interspersed. Inscribed in ink on the artist's mount with the title and 'Francesco Panini fece'
    Panini's view of the portico of St Peter's Basilica
    Engraving of Napoléon I, Emperor of the French. Whole length with short hair, laurel wreath, lace tie, and ermine robes. The Emperor Napoléon is shown standing beside a throne under an embroidered canopy, holding a sceptre in
    Napoleon Le Grand
    Like most of the rooms at Carlton House, the Blue Velvet Room and the adjoining Closet underwent a considerable number of changes of decoration and nomenclature from the time that George IV took up residence in 1783 to the time he abandoned the house to t
    The Blue Velvet Room at Carlton House
    This is an unusually large scene and one of the earliest in Teniers's career, dating from c. 1640. The theme comes ultimately from the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the ideas perhaps transmitted through his son, Jan Breughel I (see for example CWLF 9,
    Peasants dancing outside a Tavern
    A silver-gilt convex shield with a central medallion cast in high relief showing Apollo in a quadriga, surrounded by stars and female figures representing the constellations. The broad border is cast in low relief with scenes of human life (a wedding and
    Shield of Achilles
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