Lot Essay
The present picture is based on the full-length by Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. at Windsor Castle (the Royal Collection)
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797)
Details
Gainsborough Dupont (1754-1797)
Portrait of King George III, half-length, in Windsor uniform, wearing the Breast Star of the Order of the Garter
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm.)
Portrait of King George III, half-length, in Windsor uniform, wearing the Breast Star of the Order of the Garter
30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm.)
Provenance
Possibly Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) by whom bequeathed to;
Sir Henry Halford, Bt., (1766-1844), Physician Extraordinary to King George III
and by descent
Sir Henry Halford, Bt., (1766-1844), Physician Extraordinary to King George III
and by descent
Literature
O. Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the Royal Collection, London, 1969, I, under no. 774, p. 36