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Following Britain's victory in the Napoleonic Wars, George purported that he had played a leading role in the downfall of the French emperor. [2] Therefore, the intention was that George would outshine the sumptuous coronation of Napoleon and a tailor was dispatched to Paris to study the emperor's coronation robe. [3]
George IV’s coronation was held on July 19, 1821, and it is was perhaps the most expensive in British history. The king reportedly wanted a service to rival that of Napoleon. The result was an extravagant ceremony that included a crown with 12,000 diamonds; the banquet served more than 2,000 people.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Details. Title: Ceremonial of the Coronation of King George IV. Creator Lifespan: 1831. Creator Nationality: English. Date Created: 1823. Physical Dimensions: w600 x h695 x d570 mm....
- John Whittaker
Width:415 millimetres. Curator's comments. Two series on the coronation of George IV were published in the early 1820s by John Whittaker and George Nayler. However, both these men died in 1831, a year after the death of the king, and the work was left incomplete.
Jones here depicts the coronation banquet of George IV in Westminster Hall on 19th July 1821 at the moment when the King's Champion, Henry Dymoke (1801-1865), enters the hall in full armour.
George's coronation was a magnificent and expensive affair, costing about £243,000 (approximately £27,970,000 in 2024; [6] for comparison, his father's coronation had only cost about £10,000).
Date: 1821. Culture: British. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Diameter: 35 mm. Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Credit Line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2001. Accession Number: 2001.217.3. Learn more about this artwork.
