File:The children of Frederick of Wales.jpg
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English: Du Pan was a Swiss portrait painter who came to England in 1743, perhaps planning to replace Jean-Baptiste Vanloo (1684-1745), an artist of similar elegantly French style who left England in 1742. Both artists worked for the Prince of Wales.
This group portrait of 1746 depicts the six eldest children of Frederick, Prince of Wales, playing in a landscape which appears to be at the margin between farmed land, woodland and an informal 'English-style' park, with a Temple structure visible in the left background. The setting has been plausibly identified as Park Place, the country house acquired by Frederick in 1738, but it could equally be a generic evocation of the fashionable outdoors. It has been suggested that the temple is one designed by William Kent in 1734 for the garden of Carlton House. The children are playing with vigour and spirit: on the right Prince George (future George III) has just loosed an arrow which has struck the popinjay; Prince Edward is loading his flintlock, but the prize already belongs to his brother. Princess Augusta, holding the baby Prince Henry, points to the winner and Prince William (still young enough to be in skirts) holds out his wreath of victory. To the left Princess Elizabeth drives a pretty carriage drawn by dogs and decorated with billing doves, which suggests that it is dedicated to Venus, the Goddess of Love. The boys are sporty; the girls loving, lovely and maternal; dogs join in the play and the sun shines. Nothing in this scene would surprise in a small conversation piece by Zoffany of the 1760s; this painting however is on the scale of life and therefore huge and dates from a decade before Zoffany's arrival in England. It reminds us that the belief in the benefit for children of exercise, fresh air and freedom predate Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In this case it is of course especially significant that the winner of this pastoral competition is a wholesome, fraternal, freedom-loving, future King. |
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Source | https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/3/collection/403400/the-children-of-frederick-prince-of-wales |
Author | Barthélemy du Pan (1712-63) |
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Princess Augusta
King George III
Prince Edward Augustus
Princess Elizabeth
Prince William
Prince Henry
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- Portrait paintings of George III of the United Kingdom
- Portrait paintings of Princess Augusta of Great Britain
- Prince Edward (Great Britain) in 1745
- Prince Henry (Great Britain) in 1745
- Prince William (Great Britain) in 1745
- Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain
- Prince George (Great Britain) in 1745
- 1740s portrait paintings from Great Britain
- Princess Augusta (Great Britain) in 1745