George Knapton

[2] In 1750, the then Prince of Wales commissioned Knapton, together with George Vertue, to produce a catalogue of the pictures at Kensington Palace, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle.

In 1765, he succeeded Stephen Slaughter as Surveyor and Keeper of the King's Pictures; he was also in charge of Lord Spencer's collection at Althorp, Northamptonshire.

[2] Knapton's largest painting was that of The Family of Frederick, Prince of Wales (1751, Royal Collection).

[2][6] For his portraits, he employed the specialist drapery painter Joseph Van Aken to paint the dresses and costumes of his sitters.

[7] Knapton assisted his brothers John and Paul, who had succeeded to and extended their father's book publishing business in London in the production of several publications including works by Thomas Birch and The History of England by Nicolas Tindal and Paul de Rapin.