Coronation portraits of the British monarch King George II and his consort Queen Caroline are portrait paintings from 1727 by the Irish artist Charles Jervas depicting the King and Queen in their coronation robes. Their coronation had taken place on 11 October 1727 (O.S.) at Westminster Abbey. The new king had inherited the crown from his father King George I earlier in 1727 at the age of 43. Coronation portraits are usually large full-length paintings, which show the monarch in coronation robes surrounded by a crown, orb and sceptre. George II commissioned the coronation portraits in 1727 which would have served as the official state portraits. Jervas had been commissioned by Queen Caroline to paint a portrait of Prince William. A version of George's coronation portrait is at the Guildhall Art Gallery and several other replicas exist but George Vertue notes that Jervas eventually "lost much favour and interest at court". This could explain why neither portraits are part of the Royal Collection. An "average version" of Caroline's portrait is kept beside George's at the Guildhall, though the originals have not been located. Better versions of the portraits were seen at a sale by Sotheby's in January 1964. The King's portrait shows the north transept of Westminster Abbey which is seen through a window to his left. He wears the collar of the Order of the Garter over his blue coronation robes and has a grey patterned suit and breeches on. His left hand holds a sceptre that rests on a table together with a crown and orb. The Queen's portrait shows her wearing her robes over a "grey half-sleeved dress with gold and red flower pattern". The dress is adorned with jewels from her own collection, as well as pieces from "the ladies of quality", "the Jews and jewellers" according to Lord Hervey.