he Scottish artist had already painted the sitter as Prince of Wales in 1758 for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Ramsay's most important patron in London and George III's tutor and mentor. The success of that portrait and of a portrait of Bute (both Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute), led to this major commission.
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