Current Location: In storage
Titles
Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge
Maker(s)
Printmaker:
Cousins, Henry
Painter:
Lucas, John
(After)
Entities
Categories
Description
After the painting by John Lucas (1807-1874), (1839; Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 406546, presented by Queen Mary in 1915). Full-length, standing to the left of a fluted column seen at the far right and looking out at the viewer. Holds a plumed hat in his left hand and rests his right hand on a sword hilt with tassel. Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) is wearing a Hanoverian Field-Marshal's uniform with the ribbon and star of the Garter and the star of the Guelphic Order. The Waterloo monument in Hanover is seen in the distance to the left.
Acquisition and important dates
by
Unknown
Dating
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1846
Note
Mezzotint with stipple (mixed method), printed in black ink. Lettered state, before publication line. Engraved in uppercase roman letters at lower left: 'ENGRAVED BY JOHN LUCAS'. Engraved in uppercase roman letters at lower right: 'ENGRAVED BY HENRY COUSINS'. Engraved in sloping script below: 'To Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge / [in roman letters] This Portrait of / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G. &c.&c.&c. / [in sloping script] Is by special permission, most respectfully dedicated'. Inscribed in graphite in the margin at lower left: '27'. The print is dedicated to Princess Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa (1797-1889), who married Prince Adolphus in Kassel on 7th May 1818 and in London on 1st June 1818. The British Museum has two proof impressions; a scratched letter proof published on ?21 February 1846 by Thomas Boys (see BM 1915,1223.4) and an earlier proof before publication line (see BM 1915,1223.4). Cousins's print was possibly produced to complement an earlier lithographic portrait by Johann Giere after John Lucas's portrait of Princess Augusta, which was published by Welch & Gwynne in 1842 and which is dedicated in a similar manner, 'To His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge', employing the same combination of italic and roman letters (see BM 1934,0217.129).
School or Style
British
Techniques used in production
Mezzotint
Stipple
Identification numbers
Accession number: P.14977-R
Primary reference Number: 240024
O'Donoghue: 10 (Supplement)
Le Blanc: 2.3 (p.60)
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Thursday 9 January 2020
Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
