Lot 16: Princess Charlotte's State Landau, driven by Mr Mainwaring

John Cordrey (1765-1825)
Princess Charlotte's State Landau, driven by Mr Mainwaring
signed and dated 'Cordrey pixt./1814' (lower left)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 33¾ in. (54 x 85.7 cm.)

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 28 November 1995, lot 18 (sold $25,300).

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
The State Landau was built by Collingridge & Co. for the Princess, and was delivered on 23 June 1814. The Mainwaring family were coachmen to the Royal Family from the 17th to the 19th Centuries. In this painting the coachmen are depicted wearing the Royal State Livery.