Lot 179
179
JOHAN WILHELM CARL WAY (1792-1873)
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JOHAN WILHELM CARL WAY (1792-1873)

Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden (1799-1859), King of Sweden and Norway 1844-1859, facing right in blue coat with gold-embroidered blue collar and epaulettes, white shirt, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the cross of the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII, and the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword and the Polar Star

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JOHAN WILHELM CARL WAY (1792-1873)
Crown Prince Oscar of Sweden (1799-1859), King of Sweden and Norway 1844-1859, facing right in blue coat with gold-embroidered blue collar and epaulettes, white shirt, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, the cross of the Royal Swedish Order of Charles XIII, and the badges of the Royal Swedish Orders of the Sword and the Polar Star
signed and dated 'Way. 1822' (lower right)
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Exhibited
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Bildnisminiaturen aus niedersächsischem Privatbesitz, 1918, no. 851 (artist unidentified, lent by Dr. Leo Catzenstein, Hanover).
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Lot Essay

Oscar, the only son of King Charles XIV Johan (see lots 65 and 181) and Queen Desideria, succeeded his father in 1844. A liberal by temperament, he sought to conciliate nationalist feelings in Norway, encouraged social and economic reforms, developed schools, railways, banks and industry, and pursued a policy of Scandinavian unity and Swedish neutrality. He married Josephine of Leuchtenberg, a granddaughter of Empress Josephine of France.

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