Seated, facing in front. He is in the robes of the Order of the
Garter. His left hand on the arm of the chair, his right on a
table, whereon are a crown and a plumed helmet. On canvas, 7 ft. 9
in. high, by 4 ft. 9 in. wide.
George I. was the tenth sovereign who sat to Kneller, and for this
portrait, which was painted soon after his accession, the king made
him baronet. Addison refers to it in his "Lines to Sir Godfrey
Kneller on his picture of the King," beginning:
"Kneller, with silence and surprise
We see Britannia's monarch rise,
A godlike form, by thee displayed
In all the force of light and shade;
And, awed by thy delusive hand,
As in the Presence Chamber stand."