ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1813 AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (BRITISH, 1753-1839)

Property from The Earls of Harewood

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1813 AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (BRITISH, 1753-1839)
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) in blue coat, wearing the breast-star of the Order of the Garter
Inscribed on the counter-enamel 'Adolphus / Duke of / Cambridge / Sr W. Beechey / CW 1813'
Enamel on copper
Oval, 113 mm. high, rectangular giltwood frame inscribed 'Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge'

Provenance

The Late Lady Dorothy Nevill of 45 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London; Christie's, London, 1 July 1913, lot 62 (as signed 'EW').
Possibly HRH The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

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Lot Essay

The sitter was a son of King George III and Queen Charlotte. The original portrait by Sir William Beechey after which the present miniature derives is in the National Trust Collection at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire (inv. no. NT 1548045).

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