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This is the King of Spades from a pack of cards produced by Charles Goodall in 1897 to celebrate Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 60 years as Queen of Britain and its overseas dominions. The court cards (picture cards) display former monarchs of Britain, along with their names and dates, and this pack was issued without a joker. This King is shown as George III of England (1738 - 1820). There is a link below to the portrait of Queen Victoria that appears on the reverse of each card; and to the other spades court cards: .

The "Temple of Concord" built in 1790 to celebrate King George III's, as it turned out, temporary recovery from madness. The folly, as it is, stands in the parkland grounds of English stately home, Audley End House, in Essex, and close by to Cambridge. The parkland estate was mostly designed by Capability Brown. Audley End House is a 17th century English Stately home..

Sacramento, California, USA - December 5, 2011: A 2011 United Kingdom postage stamp with an illustration of King George III (1738-1820). George III, of the House of Hanover, ruled as King of the United Kingdom from 1760-1820. He is sometimes referred to as the "Mad King", due to symptoms related to what is now suspected to have been porphyria caused by massive arsenic intake.

Vintage engraving from 1861 showing King George III recieving the news that he has become King. George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of its American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence, which led to the establishment of the United States of America. A series of wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France, over a 20-year period, finally concluded in the defeat of Napoleon in 1815.

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