Great Engravers returns for a seventh dive into Britain's extensive numismatic past with the William IV Crown #coins #numismatics #silver #gold #britain #theroyalmint #williamiv
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#dynasties #allemagne #grandebretagne #hanovre #williamIV #guillaumeIV
Jean-Etienne #Liotard (1702-89)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
1755-60
Rijksmuseum
#OrangeNassau
#JosephAved (1702-1766)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
1751
Rijksmuseum
#OrangeNassau
#JosephAved (1702-1766)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1750-1
Rijksmuseum
#OrangeNassau
Attributed to Johann Valentin #Tischbein (1715-68)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1751
Paleis het Loo
#OrangeNassau
Attributed to #HansHysing (1678-1752)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1730
Rijksmuseum
#OrangeNassau
Marcus Lodovicus Antonius Clifford (1655-1738)
Portrait of #WilliamIV (1711-51), Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
18th Century
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
#OrangeNassau
#DavidWilkie (1785-1841)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
1837
National Portrait Gallery
#Hanover
#MartinArcherShee (1769-1850)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
1833-4
Royal Collection
#Hanover
#DavidWilkie (1785-1841)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
1832
Royal Collection
#Hanover
#MartinArcherShee (1769-1850)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1800
National Portrait Gallery
#Hanover
#RichardCosway (1742-1821)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
1791
Royal Collection
#Hanover
Johan Joseph #Zoffany (1733-1810)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay , with sister #PrincessCharlotte
ca. 1770
Royal Collection
#Hanover
#AllanRamsay (1713-84)
Portrait of #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837), who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1767
Royal Collection
#Hanover
A lot of people sat on the British throne but most aren’t as crazy a story as William IV youtu.be/uxOFnQFcHKQ?... #BritishHistory #WilliamIV
#OTD 20 June 1837
18yr old Alexandrina Victoria became #QueenVictoria succeeding her Uncle #WilliamIV who had died that morning at Windsor
Her 1st act? To spend an hour alone!
Her coronation was on 28 June 1838
Our 2nd longest reigning Monarch 63yrs 7m
She was succeeded by her son #EdwardVII
Sepia photo of elderly woman with knitted white lace shawl and white Quaker bonnet. From 'Through a City Archway: The Story of Allen and Hanburys'.
Long lives fascinate. Elizabeth Sanderson Hanbury 1793-1901 saw three centuries and four monarchs - #GeorgeIII #GeorgeIV, #WilliamIV and #Victoria. Remembered as a child a 'pretty walk through the corn from Moor Fields to the village of Islington', fought #slavery worked with #ElizabethFry.
William IV
pineapple
"What can you expect of a man with a head like a pineapple?" a courtier said of #WilliamIV, born #OnThisDay in 1765 & reigned from 1830 until his death in 1837; his incessant blathering of trivial nonsense provoked ridicule & diminished the prestige of the monarchy:
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Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was born in Germany #OnThisDay in 1792, marrying the future #WilliamIV in 1818; her inability to provide an heir led to the succession of his niece as #QueenVictoria in 1837; the queen dowager died in 1849...
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#OTD 20 June 1837
18yr old Alexandrina Victoria became #QueenVictoria succeeding her Uncle #WilliamIV who had died that morning at Windsor
Her 1st act? To spend an hour alone!
Her coronation was on 28 June 1838
Our 2nd longest reigning Monarch 63years 7months
Succeeded by her son #EdwardVII
🍼🪦 25 Février, un jour, une vie, un décès www.election-politique.com/election.php...
#25Fevrier #February25 #JoséMaríaAznar #WilliamIV