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Royal, Martial, and Other Historical Figures 
and Events 
 
 
H.: 13/8"(3.5 cm); Diam.: 8 5/8" (21.8 cm) 
 
 
BODY CLAY: Fine-grained buff. 
 
 
TIN GLAZE: Bluish white. 
 
 
SHAPE: Press-molded. Shape J but 
 
 
deeper with slightly wider rim and less 
 
 
curved exterior. 
 
 
DECORATION: Painted. George I. 
Inscribed "GR." Border composed of 
 
 
concentric circles. 
 
 
nile fact that no numeral is attached to the "GR" on this plate
indicates that 
the image represents George I rather than George II (see no. D45). The portrait

resembles a print of George I inscribed "Gunst sculpsit. M. Harrebeeck
excud- 
it," which is said to be after an original by Kneller) Borders of the
type shown 
here also occur on Longridge portrait plates depicting Queen Anne, Dr. Henry

Sacheverell, and Queen Caroline (nos. D36, D42, D53). They also appear on

examples portraying Caroline's husband. George II, and on a fragment exca-

vated at Vauxhall that depicts an unknown king. (The similarly bordered 
Charles II in the Oak plate (no. D43J, unlike the other portrait plates that
are 
contemporary with the figures depicted on them, greatly postdates his reign

11660-16851.) One "GR" plate with a different half-length view
of a king in armor 
has a border like that on a Longridge collection plate depicting Ceres (no.
D75).3' 
The profile of the plate shown here indicates that it was made in London.

 
 
1.Nat 1ional P'orai i iit allery' collection , I.onfdonf 
Iprmint) 
2. Aust in, 1 )elfi, nio. 1 89 (George II and Chariottie 
plates); Brit ion. l~ondon, p. 70. tig. C. 
3. Sol heby's Ill, 1,ips~ki sale (1), Mairch 10) 1981, 
Iot 128. 
 
 
The Longridge Collection 79 
 
 
D48. PLATE 
London 
1714-1727