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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834) AFTER ANDREW MORTON (BRITISH, 1802-1845)
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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834) AFTER ANDREW MORTON (BRITISH, 1802-1845)

Closed3 June 2015

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HENRY BONE, R.A. (BRITISH, 1755-1834) AFTER ANDREW MORTON (BRITISH, 1802-1845)

King William IV (1765-1837), in blue coat with gold embroidered collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the blue sash and breast-star of the Order of the Garter and the badge of the Order of the Bath
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel 'His Majesty / William 4th / London Feb / 1831 / Painted in Enamel / by Henry Bone R.A. / enamel painter / to His Majesty etc. / after the Original by / Morton'
Enamel on gold
Oval, 30 mm., gilt-metal mount, set on black velvet panel within wood frame

Bonhams, London, 30 June 1999, lot 51.

Specialist note

The present miniature derives from a large-scale full-length portrait of William IV by Andrew Morton, a version of which is now in the National Maritime Museum, London. Another version is in the British Royal Collection (see V. Remington, Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2010, p. 80).