Lot 138: CHARLES BESTLAND (ENGLISH, FL. C. 1780-1837)

William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834), in the uniform of the First Regiment of Guards, scarlet coat with gold-bordered blue facings and gold epaulettes, gold gorget, black stock and frilled cravat, powdered hair
signed 'C. Bestland' (lower right) and signed and dated on the backing paper 'Painted by C Bestland 1797'
oval, 3 in. (76 mm.) high, modern silver-gilt frame with glazed reverse

According to a handwritten letter which accompanies the miniature the portrait was given in 1837 to Mrs. Fry of Upton Lane, West Ham by Princess Sophia of Gloucester and before this was in the collection of Queen Charlotte.

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