Tuesday, January 15, 2019

19th-century Paintings Collected by George IV (1762-1830)

Henry Bone
Princess Amelia (after Robertson)
1811
cabinet miniature in enamel on copper
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Henry Bone
Self-portrait (after Reynolds)
1804
cabinet miniature in enamel on copper
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Henry Bone
Cymon and Iphigenia (after Reynolds)
1806
cabinet miniature in enamel on copper
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg
Banditti in a Landscape
1804
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Denis Dighton
Battle of Waterloo - Charge of the Second Brigade of Cavalry
1815-17
oil on canvas
(acquired by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Henry Bernard Chalon
Unkennelling the Royal Hounds on Ascot Heath
1817
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Elford
Landscape with a distant Country House
before 1819
oil on canvas
(presented by the artist to George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Lawrence
Charles, Archduke of Austria
1819
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Lawrence
Charles William, Baron von Humboldt
ca. 1828
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

James Northcote
Marriage of Richard, Duke of York to Lady Anne Mowbray, 15 January 1478
1821
oil on canvas
(purchased by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

David Wilkie
Defence of Saragossa
1828
oil on canvas
(purchased from the artist by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

David Wilkie
A Roman Princess washing the feet of Pilgrims
1827
oil on canvas
(purchased from the artist by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

David Wilkie
I Pifferari
1827
oil on canvas
(purchased from the artist by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jacques-Laurent Agasse
The Nubian Giraffe 
(a gift to George IV from Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt)
1827
oil on canvas
(commissioned by George IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain