Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, KG (1774 – 1850)
Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1808
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1548045
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, KG (1774 – 1850) by Sir William Beechey RA (Burford 1753 – Hampstead 1839), 1808. A half-length portrait of the seventh son of George III, wearing a dark blue coat with the Garter Star. Engraved and published by William Skelton, 20 December 1808, London; see British Museum impression 1841,0403.108.
Provenance
By descent at Cambridge House, Piccadilly to George William, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819 - 1904) and probably included in his sale, Christie's London, 11th June 1905, lot 78, bought Ashton for £57 15s; bought Sotheby's 18th November 1987, lot 61; became the property of the National Trust, by donation, with all profits henceforward benefiting the houses and the charity, from Historic House Hotels Ltd and all its interests in Hartwell House and the other two Historic House Hotels, Bodyscallen Hall and Midddlethorpe Hall, in September 2008
Makers and roles
Sir William Beechey (Burford 1753 - Hampstead 1839), artist
References
Roberts 1907 William Roberts, Sir William Beechey RA, London 1907, pp.168-9, 228, 234, 237, 247