Wednesday, 1 November 2017

The Marble Bust of Princess Amelia Sophia - Louis Francois Roubiliac.



The Marble Bust of Princess Amelia Sophia  (1711 - 86).

Ad Vivum.

Signed by L. F. Roubiliac.

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

Third Child (second daughter) of George II and Queen Caroline.

height, bust, 58.0, cm. height, socle, 14.8, cm. width, whole, 48.5, cm

Bought; 1955; T. H. W. Lumley, 

Provenance:
The former owner told Mrs K. Esdaile that the bust had been given by William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, to his sister Lady Caroline Waldegrave, daughter of the 3rd Earl Waldegrave. Her mother had been a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princesses Amelia and Caroline, and the latter had been left £4,000 in the Princess's will.

Purchased with the S.G. Perceval Fund.

Inscription: below her left shoulder; inscribed; L.F. Roubiliac Scit ad vivum

Exhibition.
Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth's England. 1984-05-16 - 1984-09-30
Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalogue number: S 13






























































Photographed at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by the author.

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Princess Amelia Sophia. 

Christian Friederick Zincke (1684/4 - 1767).

Enamel.

9.1 x 7.5 cms -outside. 

Royal Collection.

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Prince Frederick, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709 - 59) a the Harpsichord, Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713 -57) playing a Mandora and Princess Amelia reading Milton's poetry, Kew Palace in the background.

Philip Mercier.

1733.

Oil on Canvas.

451 x 578 mm.

National Portrait Gallery.

There are three versions of this group portrait the other one set indoors in the Royal Collection and another with the National Trust.
 see - 


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Portraits of George II, Queen Caroline, Prince Frederick, Princesses Anne, Amelia, Caroline, Prince William, Princesses Mary and Louise, all busts in ovals arranged in three rows of three.  Mezzotint


The Royal Family of George II.

anonymous.

They say pub. Elizabeth Bakewell.

Mezzotint

343 x 248 mm.

British Museum.

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Portrait of Princess Amelia, cut from a print of George II, Queen Caroline, Prince Frederick, Princesses Anne, Amelia, Caroline, Prince William, Princesses Mary and Louise, all busts in ovals arranged in three rows of three.  Mezzotint



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Princess Amelia.

After Hans Hysing.

Engraving.

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Princess Amelia Sophia.

Attributed to Thomas Hudson.

Royal Collection.


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Princess Sophia.

after Hans Hysing.

John Faber.

Mezzotint.

286 x 206. 

National Portrait Gallery.


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Jacabo Amiconi (Amigoni). ad vivum

 Engraving.

Plate 361 x 282 mm.

Royal Collection.

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Princess Amelia Sophia.

Philip Mercier.

c.1728.

Unknown Source.




Princess Anne
The Princess Royal
Philip Mercier 
c.1728.
Unknown source.





Princess Caroline Elizabeth.

Philip Mercier.

c.1728.

Image - unknown source.


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Princess Amelia.

125 x 97 cms.

Sotheby's.


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Princess Amelia.

Attributed to Workshop of Jean Baptiste van Loo (1684 - 1745).

c. 1737

243 x 136 cms.

Purchased from the estate of James Gordon 1856

From the Athenaeum website.

Society of Merchant Venturers. Bristol.


Princess Caroline Elizabeth (1713 - 57).

Jacobo Amigoni

127.6 x 103.2 cms.

1730's.

Current Location Unknown.


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