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RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (BRITISH, 1742-1821) George IV (1762-1830) when Prince of Wales, in armour, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter On card Rectangular, 113 x 76 mm., later silver frame with cypher of George IV and royal crown above
The present portrait of George IV is a mature portrait of the Prince of Wales. Painted circa 1800-1810, the Prince is depicted as a knightly figure, defender of the realm, instead of the attractive dilettante seen in Cosway's portraits of the 1780s and 1790s. It compares with Cosway's portrait miniature contained within the Maria Fitzerherbert Jewel, sold Christie's, London, 6 July 2017, lot 14; and a larger portrait miniature by the same artist sold Philips, London, 6 November 2000, lot 165. The dress compares with that worn by Louis Phillippe when Duke of Orleans in the Royal Collection (RCIN 420949). Painted by Cosway when the Orléans family was living in exile in Twickenham, the portrait of the Duke can be dated to circa 1804-1806.
The inscription on the backing card reads 'King George 4th / by / Cosway. / This portrait was / given by the King / to my Mother the /Countess of Morning / -ton. - / PW.' and, in another hand, 'PW represents Lady Priscilla / Wellesley. / afterwards Lady Southampton'. It would appear that the person who added the later inscription identifying 'PW' as later Lady Southampton mistook Lady Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole (1793-1879) who married John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmoreland (1784-1859) for Lady Anne Wellesley (d. 1844) who married, firstly, The Hon. Henry Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton (1807-1859).