JOHANN GEORG PAUL FISCHER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1786-1875)

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JOHANN GEORG PAUL FISCHER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1786-1875)
Prince Edward (1767-1820), Duke of Kent and Strathearn, in gold-embroidered red coat with gold aiguillettes, black stock, wearing the blue sash and breast-star of the Order of the Garter, the jewel and breast-stars of the Order of Bath, St Patrick and the Royal Guelphic Order; sky background
signed with monogram 'IPF' (lower right)
on ivory
rectangular, 4¼ x 3.1/8 in. (107 x 83 mm.), rectangular gilt-metal frame with frosted gilt mount

Provenance

Christie's, London, 9 October 1979, lot 112.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the fourth son of King George III (see lot 154) and Queen Charlotte (see lot 155). He served as a General and Commander-in-Chief of British forces in North America. In 1818, he married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, as her second husband. Their daughter, Victoria, ascended to the British throne in 1837.

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