Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen: being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardensLaw, Ernest
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Kensington Palace, the birthplace of the Queen: being an historical guide to the state rooms, pictures and gardens
Law, Ernest
Kensington Palace (London, England) -- Guidebooks; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
The Prince of Wales was born on August 12th, 1762; Frederick, Duke
of York, on August 16th, 1763. This picture represents them when
they were about fifteen and fourteen years old, therefore, about
1777.
Soon afterwards the Duke of York proceeded to Prussia for the
purpose of being educated as a soldier.
82 Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex, and Cambridge, and the Princesses
Augusta-Sophia, Elizabeth, and Mary (_488_).
The Duke of Cumberland is on the left, standing; the Duke of Sussex
is lying down near his sister Elizabeth, who holds on her lap the
infant Princess Mary (?). Kneeling by them is the Duke of
Cambridge, and behind is the Princess Augusta-Sophia. Signed and
dated 1776. On canvas, 6 ft. 7 in. high, by 7 ft. 10 in. wide.
Prince Ernest Augustus, afterwards Duke of Cumberland and King of
Hanover, and grandfather of her Royal Highness Princess Frederica,
was born June 5th, 1771; Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex,
on January 27th, 1773; and Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of
Cambridge, on February 24th, 1774. Princess Augusta-Sophia was born
on November 8th, 1768; Princess Elizabeth, on May 22nd, 1770; and
Princess Mary, on April 25th, 1776.
The Princesses have long been wrongly called, Charlotte, Augusta,
and Sophia; the correct names, as given above, are derived from the
contemporary mezzotint by V. Green; besides, when this picture was
painted the Princess Sophia was not born.
83 Queen Charlotte, aged 36, with her thirteen children in the
background (_498_) . . . . . WEST.
Standing; dressed in white, her hair powdered and piled up high.
The thirteen children are seen in the distance to the left, in a
picture which is now at Windsor Castle. On canvas, 9 ft. 6 in.
high, by 7 ft. wide.
84 George III.; Lords Amherst and Lothian behind (_494_) . . . . . WEST.
He is standing, facing to the right, in full regimentals. He holds
a scroll of paper in his hands in front of him. Behind him is his
crown and sceptre; and in the background the two peers, and a view
of Coxheath Camp. On canvas, 9 ft. 6 in. high, by 7 ft. wide.
It appears from West's own memoranda that this picture was painted
before 1779, consequently the King cannot have been more than
forty.
85 Duke of Cambridge, and Princesses Charlotte and Augusta
(_487_) . . . . . WEST.
The Duke, in a maroon-coloured suit, is standing on the right.
Princess Charlotte is sitting on a stool, with her sister on her
lap. In the background are a curtain, a column, and Kew Gardens
with the Pagoda. Signed on the top in the left hand corner; and
dated 1778. On canvas, 9 ft. high, by 6 ft. wide.
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