Lot 141
GAINSBOROUGH DUPONT (BRITISH 1754-1797)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF HENRY FREDERICK, DUKE OF CUMBERLAND
The Forbes Collection at Old Battersea House
Auction: 1 November 2011 at 11:00 GMT
£6,000
Description
Oil on canvas, feigned oval
Dimensions
75cm x 63cm (29.5in x 24.75in)
Footnote
Provenance:
Anon. sale: Sotheby's Private Treaty Sale, New York, June 27, 2006, Lot 153.
Note:
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745-1790) was the sixth child of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III.