French School, circa 1740

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French School, circa 1740

Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender whole length by a Table in a palatial Interior

bodycolour heightened with gold, on vellum laid down on copper
236 x 157mm.

Lot Essay

The drawing can be dated on the basis of the similarity of the age of the sitter in this and Louis-Gabriel Blanchet's portrait of 1739 in the Royal Collection, J. Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, London, 1977, II, fig. 112

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