Private, 10th Regiment of Cuirassiers 'Pfalz-Birkenfeld' c. 1748
Oil on canvas | 50.8 x 41.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405599
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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 soldier, full-length, standing, holding a stirrup with his right hand as he prepares to mount his black horse which stands, facing the spectator; on the left, a solitary tree and, beyond, a castle on a hill.
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
50.8 x 41.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
63.7 x 53.5 x 5.5 cm (frame, external)