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| Keywords: Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester - Beechey 1803-5.jpg Artwork Creator Henry William Beechey This portrait must date from c 1800 when the sitter was 23 It is executed in a formula devised by Reynolds and Romney in the 1770s to express a young lady ™s simplicity and sensibility The white dress veil and strings of pearls are simple and unaffected; the tender posture dreamy smile flushed cheeks and natural setting convey the sitter ™s fine feelings between 1803 1805 oil on canvas cm 143 114 4 Institution Royal Collection of the United Kingdom <small>See source section </small> object history The sitter was George III ™s niece whose brother William Frederick Duke of Gloucester 1776-1834 married George III ™s daughter Mary which may be the reason why this and other Gloucester portraits came into the Royal Collection exhibition history It has rested in the Royal Collection since its original painting date credit line Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II accession number RCIN 406663 http //www royalcollection org uk/collection/406663 Royal Collection org uk PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester 19th-century portraits of women Henry William Beechey | ||||
