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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) George IV (1762-1830), King of England (1820-1830), when Prince Regent, half length, wearing a Field Marshal's red uniform with gold lace and sash, with the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stars of the Orders of the Garter, Holy Spirit, Black Eagle and St Andrew image 1
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) George IV (1762-1830), King of England (1820-1830), when Prince Regent, half length, wearing a Field Marshal's red uniform with gold lace and sash, with the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stars of the Orders of the Garter, Holy Spirit, Black Eagle and St Andrew image 2
The Twinight Collection
Lot 87*

Henry Bone R.A.
(1755-1834)
George IV (1762-1830), King of England (1820-1830), when Prince Regent, half length, wearing a Field Marshal's red uniform with gold lace and sash, with the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stars of the Orders of the Garter, Holy Spirit, Black Eagle and St Andrew

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)

George IV (1762-1830), King of England (1820-1830), when Prince Regent, half length, wearing a Field Marshal's red uniform with gold lace and sash, with the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stars of the Orders of the Garter, Holy Spirit, Black Eagle and St Andrew.
Enamel on copper, inscribed on the counter-enamel, His Majesty George 4th and further signed and inscribed indistinctly, Painted by Henry Bone/ Enamel ..... His Majesty/ ....painting....the Duke of/ Thos. Lawrence R.A. ...., gilt-wood frame.
Rectangular, 187mm (7 3/8in) high

Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 4 December 1985, lot 161;
Sotheby's London, 11 November 2003, lot 69;
The Twinight Collection

Footnotes

The present lot is based on Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait, painted for Lord Charles Stuart and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815 (Garlick 325c). Following the exhibition Bone immediately began making copies in enamel, the earliest recorded being dated November 1815. The Prince Regent evidently found the portrait most pleasing, and in the ensuing years gave away numerous copies as presents, leading to it becoming one of the iconic images of him. The present work, dated 1826, was painted eleven years after Henry Bone's first work. For other examples in the Royal collection see R. Walker, Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen,, 1992, nos.757-765.

George was the eldest son of George III and Queen Charlotte. In 1811, George became regent after his father was declared insane and king in 1820. Throughout his adult life, George was an important artistic patron, acquiring an impressive collection of art. In the last years of his life George spent his time in seclusion at Windsor Castle. His only child, Princess Charlotte having died in childbirth in 1817 meant the crown passed to George's brother who became William IV.

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