Private, Regiment of Hussars "Ghilang" or "Beleznay" c. 1748
Oil on canvas | 51.0 x 40.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406858
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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. A private, full-length, mounted on a bay horse in profile to the right, turning half to the right back, his head turned to face the spectator; beyond, an open landscape with rocky hills beyond and a tower on the extreme left.
Provenance
Probably painted for William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and 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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
51.0 x 40.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
64.5 x 54.6 x 4.9 cm (frame, external)