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    His Royal Highness Prince Edward
    His Royal Highness Prince Edward
    His Royal Highness Prince Edward
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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    Artist
    Andrew Miller (fl. 1739-d. 1763) after Wilson
    Title
    His Royal Highness Prince Edward
    Date
    1752
    Medium
    Mezzotint
    Dimensions
    Metric: 317 x 222 mm
    Imperial: 12 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.
    Collection
    Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. To license images click here.
    Accession Number
    P.96-1952
    Wilson Online Reference
    E6A
    Description
    Portrait of His Royal Highness Prince Edward as a boy, three-quarter length in an oval, in profile to the left. He is wearing a decorated coat with large cuffs and a sash and star, gesturing to the left with his tricorn under his arm, right hand on his hip, hair curled at the ears and tied at the nape.
    Provenance
    Given by E. Evelyn Barron 1952
    Signature/inscription
    Lettered below the image:
    [1] Left: Richd. Wilson Pinxt, 1751.
    [2] Right: Andw. Miller fecit 1752
    [3] Centre: Done from the Original in the Possession of the Revd,, Dr,, Ayscough
    [4] Centre: His Royal Highness Prince Edward. [/] Born 14 March 1738/9.
    Mount inscriptions
    [1] Recto graphite l.r.: P.96.1952 J.C.S.1.5
    Subject
    Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany and Bishop of Osnabruck, second son of Frederick Prince of Wales.
    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 painting has disappeared. It was companion to the lost Portrait of George III as Prince of Wales (see E5, E5A, E5B) and probably painted the same year. An engraved portrait of Prince Edward by J.S. Miller (Müller) and by two anonymous engravers all derive from the same painting.
    Previous Cat/Ref Nos
    Reference no.: 157893
    Bibliography
    Chaloner Smith, vol. 2, pp. 925-26, cat. 15; WGC, p. 154 under 7c
    Condition/Conservation
    Quite dirty and damaged overall

    Work of Art

    Versions

    • John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756)after Wilson, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, The British Museum

    Biographies

    • Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1739-1767)
    • Andrew Miller (1739-1763)

    Documents

    • William George Constable, Richard Wilson
    • 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
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