The Two Georges was a painting made by Thomas Gainsborough in the 1760s, depicting North American colonial leader George Washington being presented to King George III of Britain, and commemorating the accord that averted a revolution by Britain's North American colonies. In the background were a number of prominent people of the day including some who were not actually at the ceremony. Among them were: William Pitt, the then Prime Minister; Lord North, Pitt's successor as Prime Minister; Benjamin Franklin; Samuel Adams; the Duke of Newcastle, First Lord of the Treasury; George Grenville; Sir Philip Francis; John Wilkes; and Gainsborough himself. Neither Wilkes nor Gainsborough were actually present at the event depicted.