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- Title:
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick
- Date:
- between 1716 and 1725
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm), Image: 11 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (29.5 × 24.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in brown ink, upper left: "V[...]ith | 5-5048."; lower right: "48004"; in graphite, upper center: "See Mary Wortley Montague's letters"; lower left: "e + 6"; lower right: "14-"; in black ink, lower left: "ht"; in orange chalk, lower right: "788"
Collector's mark: John Chaloner Smith (Lugt 2295bis); collector’s mark: J. Burleigh James (Lugt 1425)
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Done from an Original Picture at St. James's"; lower center: "His Royal Highness Prince Frederick | Only Son to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Install'd Knight | of the most Noble Order of the Garter at Hanover Decembr. the 24th, 1716. | Franken ad Vivum pinx. | Sold by E. Cooper at ye 3 pigeons in Bedford Street Covent Garden."; lower right: "Cum privilegio Regis I. Faber Iunr. fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.176
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bows (costume accessories) | boy | cape | chain | child | cloak | coat of arms | costume | cravat | crest | curls | lace | livery collar | portrait | prince | robe | royalty | sash | shield | The Most Noble Order of the Garter
- Associated People:
- Frederick Lewis, prince of Wales (1707–1751)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:34465
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