Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Paintings Collected by William IV (1765-1837)

William Allan
The Orphan
(Sir Walter Scott's daughter Anne at Abbotsford, mourning her father's death)
1834
oil on panel
(acquired by William IV after the Royal Academy exhibition of 1834)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Hoppner
Mrs Jordan as the Comic Muse
(well-known actress and long-time mistress of William IV)
ca. 1785-86
oil on canvas
(acquired by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Anonymous painter working in England
Portrait of an unknown man
ca. 1620-25
oil on panel
(acquired by William IV, erroneously believing the subject to be William Shakespeare)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Gainsborough
Henry, Duke of Cumberland
ca. 1773-77
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to William IV by the Duchess of Cumberland in 1808)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Gainsborough
Anne, Duchess of Cumberland
ca. 1773-77
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to William IV by the Duchess of Cumberland in 1808)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Shackleton
George II
1757
oil on canvas
(purchased by William IV from the Pownall Estate)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Martin Archer Shee
Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge and 1st Marquess of Anglesey
1836
oil on canvas
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Martin Archer Shee
Sir Thomas Picton
ca. 1836
oil on canvas
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Lucas
Prince George of Cambridge in Garter Robes
(German cousin of Queen Victoria)
1836
oil on canvas
(acquired by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alexandre Dubois-Drahonet
Queen Victoria as a girl
1832
oil on card
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alexandre Dubois-Drahonet
Kettle Drummer George Augustus Lüdewig Rüngeling, Royal Horse Guards
1832
oil on card
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alexandre Dubois-Drahonet
Colour Sergeant Alexander McDonald, Scots Fusilier Guards
1831
oil on card
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet
Private John Kernan, 7th Dragoon Guards
1832
oil on card
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet
Prince George of Cumberland, Colonel of the Hanoverian Guard Hussars
1832
oil on card
(commissioned by William IV)
Royal Collection, Great Britain