File:George Augustus, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - Royal Collection.jpg

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George Augustus, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1748-1785)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Austrian School, 18th Century
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Description 18th-century portrait painting of men, with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, UnknownUnknown or AnonymousUnknown author artist, and missing year.
The miniature was probably painted in Vienna by an artist in the circle of Heinrich Friedrich Füger, such as J G Bauer.
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George Augustus, Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1748-1785)
Description
"George Augustus (1748-85) was the youngest son of Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and was Queen Charlotte's brother. Here he is wearing Austrian cuirassier (heavy cavalry) undress (ordinary, rather than ceremonial) uniform. He also has a powdered bag-wig which was fashionable in the eighteenth century – the back-hair of the wig was enclosed in an ornamental bag. The prince attained the rank of major-general in the Austrian army, but frequently asked his brother-in-law, George III, for a commission in either the British or Hanoverian armies. There is a portrait of him by Allan Ramsay in the Royal Collection (RCIN 404963)."
Date circa 1770
date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor on ivory
Dimensions height: 5.1 cm (2 in); width: 4.1 cm (1.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,5.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,4.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Object history Provenance: Possibly a present to Queen Charlotte from the sitter, but first certainly recorded in the Royal Collection in 1870
Source/Photographer Royal Collection RCIN 420755

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