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British School, 18th century
Queen Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737) c.1730
Oil on canvas | 75.7 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406652
Laws Museum, Hampton Court Palace
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This is an adaptation by a competent but unidentified artist of this part of Enoch Seeman's c. 1730 portrait of the Queen (OM 511, 406201), with alterations in the costume. The Queen is shown in a painted oval, wearing a dark green brocade dress pinned by a diamond brooch, with a crimson ermine-lined mantle; her long hair falling over her shoulder.
Provenance
First recorded in the Duke of Cumberland's apartments at St James's Palace in 1819 (no 1071)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
75.7 x 61.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
92.8 x 78.3 x 6.5 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
Queen Caroline, Consort of George II (1683-1737)
