Description
Watercolour, contained in a simple silver mount previously the cover of a portrait snuff box
Dimensions
6.5cm (2.75in) diameter, circle
Footnote
Provenance:
Property of Sir Henry S Fernyham Bt., London
Notes:
with exhibition label (exhibition unknown) showing a description for this item.
This miniature is a copy after Robert Strange's mezzotint Prince Charles Edward Stuart c.1749. Strange (Scottish 1721-1792) is an artist synonymous with Jacobite portraiture and this image a very familiar view of the Prince, as Strange had captured his likeness in both a mezzotint and engraving. Both of these works were very widely distributed following the rebellion of 1745, and became the most utilised basis for copies right up until 1760. In a large number of the copies, as here, the plain coat of Strange's original outfit is transformed into a tartan coat, a type of cloth that had quickly become synonymous with Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite cause.