King George I of Great Britain

The king is depicted standing frontally, turned slightly to the right, in full state robes with ermine cloak and wearing a wig, his right hand resting on the British imperial orb made in 1661 for the coronation of Charles II on a table covered with a (in the original red) carpet; next to it lies the royal crown, in front of it a short dagger. The splayed index finger of the left hand hanging down with pointing to the left foot placed slightly forward. The face, again frontal but now turned slightly to the left, seems to look directly at the viewer. The heavy dark coat falls down like a drag on the right side of the picture and is slightly cut off at the sides. In the left background is a window-like view of Westminster Abbey and St Stephen's Chapel; on the left is a truce life given as a mural.

The painting is a copy of the official state portrait of George I, according to Horace Walpole the 'only picture for which he ever sat in England'. This is now in Houghton Hall, Norfolk (Sir Robert's Library), as the King left it to the builder of Houghton Hall, his "first ever" Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Workshop copies of varying quality survive in the Royal Collections. Another copy is in the National Museum, Stockholm. It comes from Gripsholm Castle and was transferred to the National Museum in 1866; others have been offered for sale on the international art market.