Privates, Austrian (?) "Vrei-Compagnien" c. 1748
Oil on canvas | 40.6 x 51.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406822
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Morier was a Swiss military and sporting painter who started working for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65) in 1747, when he painted a series of pictures of troops under his command. From 1752 until 1764 he was employed as ‘limner’ (painter) to the Duke on an annual salary of £100; his name also appears regularly in royal accounts from 1764 to 1767. Three privates, facing the front, standing in a line, the soldier on the right with his head turned half to the right, with a mountainous landscape behind; all have muskets sloped and wear blue uniforms.
Provenance
Probably painted for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and one of the 114 'Pictures of Miltary Costume' of these dimensions (1ft 4in x 1ft 8in) recorded in the Upper Library at Buckingham Palace in 1819 (no 984)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
40.6 x 51.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
54.6 x 64.4 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)
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