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Gainsborough Dupont: Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) when Princess of Wales  wikidata:Q28025174 reasonator:Q28025174
Artist
Gainsborough Dupont  (1754–1797)  wikidata:Q5517292
 
Gainsborough Dupont
Description British painter and mezzotint engraver
Date of birth/death 20 December 1754 / 24 December 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 20 January 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sudbury Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
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creator QS:P170,Q5517292
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Title
Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) when Princess of Wales
title QS:P1476,en:"Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) when Princess of Wales"
label QS:Len,"Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) when Princess of Wales"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Caption from the museum's website / Gallery label

Caroline of Brunswick married her first cousin, George, Prince of Wales on 8 April 1795. Later in the month the Prince told John Hoppner that the King (George III) wished for a portrait of the bride. In August 1795 Hoppner somehow offended George III and the commission was given to Gainsborough Dupont, who had kept up his uncle's studio in Schomberg House.

The Princess sat to Dupont in June 1795; by March 1796 the portrait was finished, though the frame was not ready for the Royal Academy exhibition of that year and the painting was rejected as a consequence.

The Princess is shown in her wedding dress wearing a miniature of her husband on her breast.

Depicted people Caroline of Brunswick Edit this at Wikidata
Date between circa 1795 and circa 1796
date QS:P,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 239.3 cm (94.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 148 cm (58.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+239.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+148.0U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 404550 (Royal Collection) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history Commissioned by George III
References Royal Collection RCIN 404550
Source/Photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelostgallery/sets/72157627272338465/with/10757482173/

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