Lot Essay
Similar portraits of the Young Pretender are illustrated in Donald Nicholas, The Portraits of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Maidstone, 1973, p.35
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FRENCH SCHOOL
CIRCA 1750
After Maurice Quentin de la Tour
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, facing left in gilt-studded armour, white cravat, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and Order of the Thistle, fur-lined red cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair en queue
on vellum
gilt-metal mount within silver frame
oval, 2½in. (55mm) high
CIRCA 1750
After Maurice Quentin de la Tour
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, facing left in gilt-studded armour, white cravat, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter and Order of the Thistle, fur-lined red cloak draped around his shoulders, powdered hair en queue
on vellum
gilt-metal mount within silver frame
oval, 2½in. (55mm) high