William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
(1776-1834), Field MarshalRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 31 portraits
William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester, was a member of the British royal family, great-grandson of George II. He entered the army with the rank of colonel the age of thirteen in 1789, and was rapidly promoted further through the ranks: he was made major-general at twenty, lieutenant-general in twenty-three, general at thirty-two, and field marshal by the time he was forty. In 1816, he married Princess Mary, his cousin, and the fourth daughter of George III. His rather comical appearance made him the butt of cartoonists, to whom he was known as Slice of Gloucester and Cheese.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
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Unknown man, formerly known as William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
by Unknown artist
chalk and watercolour, circa 1820-1825
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'Questions and commands; or, the mistaken road to He-r-f-rd; a Sunday evenings amusement'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 11 February 1788
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester ('A slice of Glo'ster cheese')
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 29 June 1795
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, engraving and aquatint, published 18 May 1797
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 3 November 1797
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'Loyal souls; - or - a peep into the mess room, at St James's'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 14 November 1797
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by Isaac Cruikshank, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 20 May 1797
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
by Edward Bell, after John Westbrooke Chandler
mezzotint, published 1799
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
by Edward Bell, after John Westbrooke Chandler
mezzotint, published 1799
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester ('A View of Gloucester')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published April 1821
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
after Abraham Wivell
etching, (1821)
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
by John Cochran, published by William Sams
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1825
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William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester
by William Say, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1826
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 March 1830
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 March 1831
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by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 May 1831
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Seducing the K-g's Wife. Cato Ninetails.
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 18 April 1831
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The Charles Street Conspiracy (no. 10) or the Devil and the Tories
by Charles Jameson Grant, published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured lithograph, published 28 April 1831
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published by Gabriel Shire Tregear
hand-coloured etching, published 1832
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Related People
- Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (grandmother)
- Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (grandfather)
- Maria (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (mother)
- Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (wife)
- Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester (sister)
- Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (father)
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