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Oil on Canvas Portrait of George IV, Prince of Wales - After Sir William Beechey RA
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Description
George IV, Prince of Wales
Late 18th/Early 19th Century
After Sir William Beechey RA
This is a fine and very large scale oil painting on canvas of the Prince of Wales, later George IV of England.
Sir William Beechey painted his portrait of The Prince of Wales as his diploma work for the Royal Academy. It was accepted in 1798 and remains part of their collection.
The Prince is featured wearing a uniform of the Tenth Light Dragoons, with the star of the Order of the Garter.
Other versions of the portrait are known to have been painted at the time - The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (The Met) has one, and The Royal Collection in London has a later version, painted at the Princes request by Beechey in 1803.
This current version does not have a traceable provenance so is being sold as a copy although I continue to research its possible origins
Comparisons:-
The facial likenesses of 3 versions of this painting make for an interesting comparison. See photo.
The Princes likeness in this present version looks to be more youthful than that exhibited by Beechey for The Royal Academy in 1798.
Might this have been painted by Beechey, in preparation for the version exhibited at The Royal Academy?
We probably will never know for sure.
The 1803 painting in the Royal Collection clearly shows an older, more mature likeness of the Prince.
measurements
Height:
149 cm
Width:
118 cm
measurements
declaration
Middleton's Antiques has clarified that the Oil on Canvas Portrait of George IV, Prince of Wales - After Sir William Beechey RA (LA429580) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 18th Century / 19th Century
declaration
condition
condition
The portrait is in very good condition and in a fine 19th Century giltwood frame. It had previously been relined and the stretcher frame replaced. That frame was damaged, and the joints were broken when I received the painting, so the stretcher frame has been renewed. The canvas is in good undamaged condition and has been lightly cleaned by a professional art restorer.