George III and Psalterium Georgii Constellation - London, UK - Extraterrestrial Locations on Waymarking.com

Located inside the British Museum which does not charge an admission fee and DOES allow non-flash photography, this marble bust of George III (1738-1820) depicts him as a younger man wearing a high collar and what would appear to be a cape under which he has sash and medal. The 1767 sculpture is by John van Nost the Younger.

George had lived longer and had had the longest reign of any British monarch at that time. He is perhaps most remembered for having been King when the American colnies gained independence and for his bouts with mental illness.
Wikipedia (visit link) further informs us:

"George III lived for 81 years and 239 days and reigned for 59 years and 96 days: both his life and his reign were longer than those of any of his predecessors. Only Queen Victoria and Elizabeth II lived and reigned longer.

George III was dubbed "Farmer George" by satirists, at first mocking his interest in mundane matters rather than politics but later to contrast his homely thrift with his son's grandiosity and to portray him as a man of the people.[113] Under George III, who was passionately interested in agriculture,[114] the British Agricultural Revolution reached its peak and great advances were made in fields such as science and industry. There was unprecedented growth in the rural population, which in turn provided much of the workforce for the concurrent Industrial Revolution.[115] George's collection of mathematical and scientific instruments is now housed in the Science Museum (London); he funded the construction and maintenance of William Herschel's forty-foot telescope, which was the biggest ever built at the time.[116] Herschel discovered the planet Uranus, which he at first named Georgium Sidus (George's Star) after the King, in 1781.

As for the Psalterium Georgii, Wikipedia (visit link) informs us that it is
" a constellation created by Maximilian Hell in 1789 to honor George III of Great Britain. It was created from northern stars in Eridanus and was located next to the constellation Taurus, so as to include 10 Tauri. It is no longer in use."

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