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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)

George IV when Prince of Wales

Fermé4 July 2023

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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (LONDON 1756-1827)
George IV when Prince of Wales
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
6 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. (16.8 x 11.2 cm.)

Sir William Augustus Fraser.
J. Leslie Wright, and by descent to his daughter
Mrs Cecil Keith.
with Agnew's, London.

Note du spécialiste

The present drawing clearly relates to John Raphael Smith's (1752-1812) mezzotint of King George IV as Prince of Wales, after Thomas Gainsborough. First published on 28 April 1783, it depicts the Prince full-length, in uniform, leaning against a horse. However, the present drawing, with its round cheeks and fleshy jowls, more closely resembles a 1789 version of the print, from which Rowlandson has taken the head and shoulders.