King George III of Great Britain was nicknamed 'Farmer George' by satirists, who mocked his preoccupation with farming and other practical matters. At the time, writers and caricaturists seized on this to poke fun at his interest in what they considered plain and unroyal concerns—such as cultivation, manufacturing, and the natural sciences—rather than the more refined world of art. The nickname also served as a quiet criticism of his son, the Prince of Wales, whose taste for extravagance stood in stark contrast to his father’s thrift. In later years, after George regained his health following a troubling period of illness, public opinion softened, and the name once used to mock him came to reflect a certain fondness.