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ANTIQUE #SA1149427

Portrait Of Benedict Henry Stuart

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Wigs on the Green

Born in Rome in 1725, Henry Benedict Stuart was the younger brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Unlike his father (the Old Pretender) and his brother (the Young Pretender) he did not chase thrones and power but opted instead for an ecclesiastical career. He spent his adult life in Italy as a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was said to be abstemious, wealthy and was 82 years of age when he died in 1807.
 
Henry is shown here as a boy wearing an armoured breastplate over a white lace stock, a leather strap running over his shoulder with a glimpse of a royal blue cloak around his other shoulder. Painted in watercolour on card or vellum, the portrait resides in its original 14 caret gold frame.
 
Framed Size: 34 x 30mm
 
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Internal Reference: 9078M
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1149427
Dateline of this antique is Georgian
Height is 3.4cm (1.3inches)
Width is 3cm (1.2inches)
Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
Antique SA1149427 shown on this page was made in the Georgian Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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Small Portraiture of Character & Historical Interest
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07962 257915
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD