William I (1781-1864), King of Württemberg 1816-1864, in blue coat with gold epaulettes and aiguillettes from the right shoulder, wearing the badge of the Order of Military Merit of Württemberg, the breast-stars of the Order of the Württemberg Crown (version for rulers) and of the Frederick Order of Württemberg

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JOHANN MICHAEL HOLDER (GERMAN, 1796-1861)
William I (1781-1864), King of Württemberg 1816-1864, in blue coat with gold epaulettes and aiguillettes from the right shoulder, wearing the badge of the Order of Military Merit of Württemberg, the breast-stars of the Order of the Württemberg Crown (version for rulers) and of the Frederick Order of Württemberg
signed and dated 'Holder p: 1830.' (lower right)
rectangular, 5 5/8 x 4 9/16 in. (143 x 117 mm.) gilt-metal mount with foliate border and Royal crown surmount

Provenance

The Hon. Lady Murray to whom given by the sitter.
Ellen Dillon, her adopted daughter and thence by descent.
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1987, lot 125.

Literature

K. E. Schaffers-Bodenhausen/M. E. Tiethoff-Spliethoff, Catalogue of the Portrait-Miniatures in the Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau, Zwolle, 1993, p. 356, no. 356.

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Lot Essay

William Friedrich Karl, son of Frederick I and his first wife Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, married Charlotte of Bavaria in 1808 (and was divorced in 1814) and secondly Catherine Paulovna, Grand Duchess of Russia in 1816 and thirdly Pauline of Württemberg (see following lot) in 1820.

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