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    His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales

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    His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
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    Artist
    John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) after Wilson
    Title
    His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
    Date
    1751
    Medium
    Mezzotint
    Dimensions
    Metric: 327 x 225 mm
    Imperial: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.
    Collection
    The British Museum. To license image, click here
    Accession Number
    2010,7081.3300
    Wilson Online Reference
    E5
    Description
    Prince George is shown as a boy of 13, half-length standing to the right, looking ahead, with arms thrown outwards. He wears a coat embroidered with flowers, a decorated waistcoat and over these the star and sash of the Garter. His hair is curled and powdered en queue, tied at the nape, and under his left arm he carries a cockaded hat.
    Provenance
    The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd; acquired 2010 with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust and numerous individual donors.
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image: 'Richd,, Wilson Pinxt,, / J. Faber fecit 1751. / Done from the Original in the Possession of the Revd,, Dr,, Ayscough / His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales. / Born 24 May 1738. / Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury Square'
    Versions
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    Related Paintings
    P24 Dr Francis Ayscough with the Prince of Wales and Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, National Portrait Gallery, London
    P24A Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    P24B Richard Wilson and Studio, George III and the Duke of York, Tate, London
    Critical commentary
    The original portrait referred to in the lettering has disappeared. Edwards 1808 and Wright 1824 dated both it and the mezzotint to 1751. However, Wilson went to Venice in the autumn of 1750 and it is probable that the portrait was finished before he went. Its putative date may refer to the year when the sitter became Prince of Wales on the death of his father.
    Bibliography
    Farington Biographical Note; Edwards 1808, pp. 78 & 88; Wright 1824, p. 2; Chaloner Smith, vol. 1, p. 358, cat. 160; WGC, p. 154, pl. 7b
    Link to WG Constable Archive Record
    WGC/1/1/7

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • Andrew Miller (fl. 1739-d. 1763)after Wilson, His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, The British Museum
    • John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756)after Wilson, His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, National Portrait Gallery, London

    Paintings

    • Dr Francis Ayscough with the Prince of Wales and Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, National Portrait Gallery, London
    • Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven
    • Richard Wilson and Studio, George III and the Duke of York, Tate, London

    Biographies

    • King George III (1738-1820)
    • Andrew Miller (1739-1763)
    • John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • Thomas Wright, Some Account of the Life of Richard WiIson Esq., R.A., collected and arranged by T. Wright, Esq. To which are added various Observations
    • John Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits; being a Descriptive Catalogue of these Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present Century
    • Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions
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