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Grenadier, 8th Regiment of Dragoons "Pontpietin" c. 1749
Oil on canvas | 51.1 x 41.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406828
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David Morier (1705?-70)
Grenadier, 8th Regiment of Dragoons "Pontpietin" c. 1749
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Morier was a Swiss military and sporting painter who started working for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65) in 1747, when he painted a series of pictures of troops under his command. From 1752 until 1764 he was employed as ‘limner’ (painter) to the Duke on an annual salary of £100; his name also appears regularly in royal accounts from 1764 to 1767. A grenadier, full-length, mounted on a bay horse, riding to the right in a landscape, with a village in the background on the left; he holds his sword in his right hand and turns his head half to the right, looking at the spectator.
Provenance
Probably painted for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and one of the 114 'Pictures of Miltary Costume' of these dimensions (1ft 4in x 1ft 8in) recorded in the Upper Library at Buckingham Palace in 1819 (no 984)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
51.1 x 41.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
64.6 x 54.3 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)