Live Auction 2818Old Master Paintings Part II
Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta)
Lot 270 PROPERTY OF THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta)

Portrait of King William IV, three-quarter length, wearing the robes of the Garter

Closed30 January 2014

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Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (Fife 1785-1841 Malta)
Portrait of King William IV, three-quarter length, wearing the robes of the Garter
oil on canvas
52 1/8 x 42 1/8 in. (132.4 x 107 cm.)

(Possibly) Sir David Wilkie; (+), Christie's, London, 25 April 1842, lot 656 (58.16 gns. to Graves).
with Sulley, London.
with Blakeslee Galleries, New York; American Art Galleries, New York, 22 April 1915, lot 226 ($650 to W. Seaman).
with Robert C. Vose, Boston, by 1921-1923.
Arthur J. Secor, by whom gifted in 1923 to the Toledo Museum of Art.

Specialist note

This is a version of the full-length portrait of William IV painted by Wilkie in 1832 for the Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle (RCIN 404931). It was likely painted in 1833, when Wilkie painted two copies of the original and may have been the version in the posession of the artist at his death.