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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.