Lot 1778
AFTER BENJAMIN WEST, PRA (1738-1820)
PORTRAIT OF PRINCE WILLIAM , LATER KING WILLIAM IV
Half length, wearing a midshipman's uniform, oil on papier mache, oval
36 x 27cm.
* A detail from West's large (244 x 166cm.) composition in oils on canvas that also includes Prince Edward, commissioned by King George III and Queen Charlotte (1778, Royal Collection). This lot imitates closely the reduced detail, engraved in mezzotint by Valentine Green (1780)
