It is an oil painting on canvas depicting the King in his robes for the State Opening of Parliament.

[1][2] It was commissioned by George as a gift for the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Henry Addington.

[3] George had reigned since 1760, but he was troubled by occasional bouts of mental instability.

The image by Lawrence continued to be used to represent the King throughout the remainder of his reign.

It is now part of the Royal Collection[4] This article about a nineteenth-century painting is a stub.