Grenadiers, Grenadier Regiment, Foot Guards and Regiment 'König'. c. 1748
Oil on canvas | 40.7 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403393
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Morier was a Swiss military and sporting painter who started working for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65) in 1747, when he painted a series of pictures of troops under his command. From 1752 until 1764 he was employed as ‘limner’ (painter) to the Duke on an annual salary of £100; his name also appears regularly in Royal accounts from 1764 to 1767. Three Grenadiers at full length standing in a line in a low, extensive landscape, with a fortified town in the distance on the left; they are all holding rifles in different positions; the Grenadier of the 'König' Regiment has blue breeches
Provenance
Commissioned by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; probably one of the 114 'Pictures of Miltary Costume' of these dimensions (1ft 4in x 1ft 8in) recorded in the Upper Library at Buckingham Palace in 1819 (no 984)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
40.7 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
54.5 x 64.4 x 5.0 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
41st Foot Guards