The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales
Print
late 1760s (published)
late 1760s (published)
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Whole-length group portrait of the six children of Frederick Lewis and Augusta, the Prince and Princess of Wales, in a landscape. Elizabeth at left in a child's carriage which is drawn by a dog; Augusta, holding Henry in her arms, and William are at centre; George, carrying a bow, and Edward, carrying a musket, are at left.
Object details
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| Title | The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
| Brief description | 'The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales'. Group portrait in a landscape. Mezzotint by John Faber, the younger, after Barthélémy Du Pan, late 1760s. |
| Physical description | Whole-length group portrait of the six children of Frederick Lewis and Augusta, the Prince and Princess of Wales, in a landscape. Elizabeth at left in a child's carriage which is drawn by a dog; Augusta, holding Henry in her arms, and William are at centre; George, carrying a bow, and Edward, carrying a musket, are at left. |
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| Copy number | 3rd state? |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales. Princess Elizabeth Born 30 Decr. 1740. Princess Augusta and Prince Hanrry Born 1 Augt. 1737 Born 27 Octr. 1745. Prince William Born 4 Novr. 1743 Prince George, Born 24 May 1738 Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9 Du Pan Pinxt. J. Faber Fecit. Printed for John Bowles, at No. 43 in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard.' (Lettered) |
| Production | The NPG version of this print is dated ca.1746-1756; however, the address used by John Bowles, as well as the publishing address of his son Carington, suggest that this print was re-published in the 1760s, presumably after 1765 when street numbering came into effect, and certainly after 1763 when Carington Bowles was operating at a separate address in St. Paul's Church Yard. Earlier states of this print were published by John and his brother Thomas Bowles, Carington's predecessor at St. Paul's Church Yard. |
| Subjects depicted | Princes Princesses Carriage Dogs Bow Musket Children Landscape Edward Augustus (Prince, Duke of York and Albany) William Henry (1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh) Henry Frederick (Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn) Augusta Charlotte (Duchess of Bruswick-Wolfenbüttel) George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover) Elizabeth Caroline (Princess) |
| Bibliographic reference | Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883. Vol. 1, p.354.
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| Accession number | 27146 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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