Live Auction 17736Property from descendants of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 1813 AFTER SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (BRITISH, 1753-1839)
Lot 102 Property from The Earls of Harewood

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

Closed13 December 2019

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GBP 1,375

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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'

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.

Specialist note

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).