George IV acquired this work as a Hogarth: it is typical of his interest in works recording earlier royal history and his enthusiasm for tradition of British art which began to emerge during the mid eighteenth century. The attribution to John Wootton remains conjectural.

Whoever is its author, this painting may be intended to celebrate the first outing in 1762 of the new state coach, designed by Sir William Chambers, decorated by Cipriani and still displayed in the Royal Mews. The King sits in the Gold State Coach drawn by eight horses to right with Yeoman of the Guard and Household Cavalry accompanying the coach as it emerges from South Lodge of Carlton House; Horse Guards visible in the distance to the right and spectators in the foreground and in St James's Park in the middle ground.