ID 791879
Lot 32 | THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A. (SUDBURY 1727-1788 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Portrait of Prince Ernest Augustus (1771-1851), later King of Hanover, three-quarter-length, in Windsor uniform
oil on canvas
47 1⁄4 x 35 1⁄2 in. (120 x 90.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Mrs Gainsborough’s sale, Christie’s, London, 10 April 1797, lot 40, as ‘Gainsborough Whole length portrait of a young nobleman’ (10 gns. to Whiteford).
(Possibly) Caleb Whitefoord (1734–1810), London.
Private collection, England.
| Artist: | Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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