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German School, 18th century
Friedrich August, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1740-1805) c.1790
Watercolour on ivory | 3.2 x 2.7 cm (sight) (sight) | RCIN 420183
German School, 18th century
Friedrich August, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1740-1805) c.1790
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Frederick Augustus (1740-1805) is wearing Hanoverian uniform and has a powdered bag-wig, which was fashionable in the eighteenth century – the back-hair of the wig was enclosed in an ornamental bag.
Frederick Augustus died unmarried. He was said to have had a great interest in alchemy and magic.
The miniature was probably copied from a portrait by Johann Heinrich Schroeder.
The identity of the artist is unknown.Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1870
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
3.2 x 2.7 cm (sight) (sight)
4.4 x 4.0 cm (frame, external)
Category
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 1870 20.D.2Alternative title(s)
Frederick Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-WolfenbÜttel (1740-1805)
