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William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), in the uniform of the First Regiment of Guards, scarlet coat with gold-bordered blue facings and gold epaulettes, gold gorget, black stock and frilled cravat, powdered hair
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CHARLES BESTLAND (ENGLISH, FL. C. 1780-1837)
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), in the uniform of the First Regiment of Guards, scarlet coat with gold-bordered blue facings and gold epaulettes, gold gorget, black stock and frilled cravat, powdered hair
signed 'C. Bestland' (lower right) and signed and dated on the backing paper 'Painted by C Bestland 1797'
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, modern silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), in the uniform of the First Regiment of Guards, scarlet coat with gold-bordered blue facings and gold epaulettes, gold gorget, black stock and frilled cravat, powdered hair
signed 'C. Bestland' (lower right) and signed and dated on the backing paper 'Painted by C Bestland 1797'
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, modern silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse
来源
According to a handwritten letter which accompanies the miniature the portrait was given in 1837 to Mrs. Fry of Upton Lane, West Ham by Princess Sophia of Gloucester and before this was in the collection of Queen Charlotte.
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拍场告示
The Mrs. Fry of Upton Lane to whom, according to the handwritten note, the present miniature was given was Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), penal reformer and philanthropist, and descendant of a Quaker family.