The Prince Regent

The Prince Regent, afterwards George IV, is shown in profile facing to the left. He is dressed in a coat with an elaborately dressed collar, a medal and a rosette. A small brooch in the form of an animal (possibly a dog or a sheep) is attached to his front.

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, low relief portraits in wax became popular in Britain and they were often exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Society of Artists and elsewhere. Waxes were used in a similar way to prints and medals, in order to disseminate the image of the sitter, or, like miniature paintings or silhouettes as portable mementoes.