Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
82cm x 64cm (32.25in x 25.25in) and another, Cardinal Duke of York, a pair (2)
Footnote
Provenance:
Sir James H Drummond, Hawthorden Castle
by descent
Private Collection
Exhibited:
Stuart Exhibition at the New Gallery 1888-9
Bonnie Prince Charlie, Fact and Fiction, 2nd June 1995 - 28th April 1996
Note: This striking pair of portraits depict the Princes' Charles and Henry during their teenage years. David had been painting for the Stuart court for many years, including creating childhood likenesses of the boys. The slightly later pair, although very similar to the childhood portraits, present the Princes in more mature apparel, with Henry sporting a breast plate under his elaborate jacket and Charles in full armour, possibly in reference to his first military experience, witnessing the siege of Gaeta in 1734. This later pair of portraits, that the offered paintings are after, were the last portraits painted by David for the Stuarts.