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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1902,1011.2299
Title: Object: Their Royal Highnesses
Description: The children of George III, Ernest Augustus standing on the left, holding a length of rope in outstretched hands as it loops behind his back, Augustus Frederick lying at his feet, throwing a ball to a dog, leaning towards Elizabeth who holds the baby Adolphus Frederick, while Mary sits on the right and Augusta Sophia stands behind them; after West (Staley 570); scratched, open-letter state. 1778 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Valentine Green; After: Benjamin West; Published by: John Boydell
School/style: British
Production date: 1778
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 505 millimetres; Width: 575 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Whitman 1902 / British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green (70.I); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (50.I); Russell 1926 / English Mezzotint Portraits and their states: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezzotinto Portraits" (24.I)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover; Portrait of: Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex; Portrait of: Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge; Portrait of: Princess Augusta Sophia; Portrait of: Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester; Portrait of: Princess Elizabeth
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1902,1011.2299

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