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Samuel Booth, Messenger of the Order of the Bath
(1732)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
127.0 × 101.5 cm
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
Accession Number
398-5
Department
International Painting
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
Subjects (general)
Portraits
Subjects (specific)
knights (landholders) medals men (male humans) order insignias robes (main garments) single-sitter portraits three-quarter-length figures wigs
Movements
Rococo