LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (height) by 84.06 in. (213.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated lower left: B. West – 1779

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1779, no. 343.

Literature:

H. von Effra and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London 1986, no. 578, p. 483.

Provenance:

Probably commissioned by George III and given to his brother Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805); By descent to the sitters' first cousin, HRH Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850); By descent to his son, HRH Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); By descent to his son, Colonel George William Adolphus FitzGeorge (1843-1907); By descent to his grandson, General Sir Robert George Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour (1913-1994); Thence by descent to the present owner.