Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820) Signed and dated 1841
Enamel | 3.0 x 2.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 421876
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Henry Pierce Bone was the eldest son of the leading enamellist Henry Bone and was taught enamel painting by his father. The pair worked in collaboration until Henry Bone's death in 1834, when Henry Pierce Bone took his father's place as the most prolific and successful enamellist of the time, utilising his father's methods and in some cases his preparatory drawings to continue to produce historical copies in enamel. He worked as Enamel Painter to William IV, Queen Adelaide, the Duchess of Kent, and to Prince Albert.
This enamel is based on the full-length portrait by A. Faure after Sir William Beechey (405184) given to Queen Victoria by Louis-Philippe, King of the French. Beechey's original shows the Duke of Kent, full-length, in the uniform of the 7th Regiment of Foot (?) with a fortress in the background over which flies the Union Flag, an allusion to the Duke's distinguished conduct during the capture of Fort Bourbon, Martinique, on 23 March 1794.
Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel in red paint: H.R.H. / Duke of Kent. / London May 1841. / Painted by Her Majesty's Command / by Henry Pierce Bone / Enamel Painter to Her Majesty &c.Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1841
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Medium and techniques
Enamel
Measurements
3.0 x 2.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
6.4 x 5.6 cm (frame, external)
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