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Alexander Schäfer (active 1832-60)
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover (1771-1851) c. 1846
Watercolour on ivory | 4.3 x 3.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 421020
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Based on a portrait of the King of Hanover stated to have been at Herrenhausen and to be by Edmund Koken, dating from 1842, this shows the sitter wearing Hanoverian Guard's Hussar's uniform with the ribbon and star of the Order of St George of Hanover and the badge of the Royal Guelphic Order. It is set in a diamond-mounted oval gold frame, the reverse with gilt embossed monogram EA.
Provenance
Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; her niece, Victoria Mary, Duchess of York, later Queen Mary
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Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
4.3 x 3.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
5.9 x 3.6 cm (frame (miniature), with ring open/up)
4.5 cm (frame (miniature), with ring closed/down)
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Ernst August, King of Hanover (1771-1851)
