SIR JAMES THORNHILL (1675-1734)
Panel for a Royal State Coach: Britannia Receiving Homage from the Continents.
c. 1718RCIN 407518
This is a panel from the State Coach created for George I. Baroque allegories of this kind were used to celebrate princely power throughout Europe at this date; the only thing to suggest that Britain is a constitutional monarchy is that Britannia receives the tributes of the world rather than George I himself.
Presented to HM The Queen in 1960
Cat. 227