King George V Size:XS: 20 x 15cm with street scene

with street scene

Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen crossing the bridge with the masts of ships appearing on the left

A car being transported across Loch Leven

The scene may illustrate the San Guo Zhi 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'

Hunt (1827-1910) was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

King George V Size:XS: 20 x 15cm with street sceneKing George V (1865 1936), 1936. George, the second son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark, was born at Marlborough House on 3rd June, 1865. In 1893 he married Princess Mary (with whom he had six children) and in 1910, upon the death of his father, he became king. In 1924 he appointed Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, and in 1932 he introduced the idea of broadcasting a Christmas message to the people. He died of influenza