CHRISTIAN WILHELM UNGER (GERMAN, 1775-1855)

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CHRISTIAN WILHELM UNGER (GERMAN, 1775-1855)
Two miniatures of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850): in red coat with black collar embroidered in gold with oak leaves, gold epaulette and aiguillettes, black stock, wearing the breast-star of the Order of the Garter and the breast-star of the Royal Guelphic Order; and, in blue coat with black collar, black stock, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Garter (English School, circa 1820)
both on ivory
oval, 3.1/8 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal bezel; rectangular, 3.11/16 x 2¾ in. (93 x 71 mm.), gilt-metal mount within ormolu frame, respectively
The latter with H. J. Hatfield trade label on the backing card.

Provenance

Adolphus, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868-1927).
The Property of a Lady, from the Estate of the late the Most Honourable Adolphus, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G. (1868-1927); Christie's, London, 16 December 1975, lot 77 (as probably by Huet Villiers, illustration incorrectly numbered as lot 76), and lot 53 (as by Sir William C. Ross), respectively.
The latter: Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 November 1993, lot 30 (as Circle of William Egley, circa 1850).

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Lot Essay

The sitter was the seventh son of King George III (see lot 154) and Queen Charlotte (see lot 155). In 1818, he married Princess Augusta, daughter of Prince Frederick of Hesse. From 1816 to 1837, he served as Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hanover.

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