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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

William Augustus Hanover, Duke of Cumberland

Bust
ca. 1767 (made)
Artist/Maker
Van Der Hagen, Gaspar (artist)
Rysbrack, John Michael (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

This is an ivory bust of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, made by Gaspar van der Hagen in ca. 1767. It is almost certainly the ivory bust exhibited by the sculptor at the Free Society of Artist in 1767. The entry in the Catalogue reads '271. Mr Vander Hagen, at Mr Rysbrack's in Vere Street, Oxford Road. A bust of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cumberland, in Ivory.'
The Duke of Cumberland was a military leader and second surviving son of King George II of England. The ivory is likely to be a commemorative posthumous portrait of the duke, and is a reduced version of an earlier work by Rysbrack.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Sculpture
Portraits
Object type
Bust
TitleWilliam Augustus Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carved ivory
Ivory
Carving
Brief description
Bust, ivory, of William Augustus Hanover, Duke of Cumberland, by Gaspar van der Hagen, after John Michael Rysbrack, Netherlandish, produced in Britain, ca. 1767
Physical description
Nearly full face wearing his own hair curled at the sides and tied in a queue. He wears the Order of the Garter and a fur lined mantle draped over armour.
Dimensions
  • Ivory alone height: 14.8cm
  • Whole height: 21.5cm
Object history
Purchased in London from Mr A. Spero for £50 in 1937.
Production
After a marble bust by John Michael Rysbrack.
Subject depicted
Hanover, William Augustus (Duke of Cumberland)
Summary
This is an ivory bust of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, made by Gaspar van der Hagen in ca. 1767. It is almost certainly the ivory bust exhibited by the sculptor at the Free Society of Artist in 1767. The entry in the Catalogue reads '271. Mr Vander Hagen, at Mr Rysbrack's in Vere Street, Oxford Road. A bust of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Cumberland, in Ivory.'
The Duke of Cumberland was a military leader and second surviving son of King George II of England. The ivory is likely to be a commemorative posthumous portrait of the duke, and is a reduced version of an earlier work by Rysbrack.
Bibliographic references
  • Theuerkauff, C. Elfenbein: Sammlung Peiner Winkler. Munich, 1984, pp. 105-7, cat. no. 55
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 133
  • Roscoe, I., with Sullivan, M.G. and Hardy, E., A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660 to 1851, New Haven, 2009, p. 1301
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.84-1937

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2004
Record URL
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