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Samuel Booth, Messenger of the Order of the Bath
(1732)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1960
- Gallery location
- 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The sitter of this portrait, Samuel Booth, is shown in the stately robes of what was at the time a comparatively new office. The Order of the Bath had been formally founded by King George I in 1725. It comprised the king, a Prince of the Blood, a Great Master and thirty-five knights. Booth’s robe is adorned with three gold crowns; these, together with the order’s motto, Tria juncta in uno (‘Three joined as one’), stood for the union of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Artwork Details
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1960
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Level 2, NGV International