Probably King William IV

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed on the original mount in pencil: From the Henriks Sale Nov 24 1909/remounted Aug 1910

This portraitback to top

William IV is wearing the uniform of an ordinary army general of the c.1825-8 pattern, with the star of the Garter. He is presumably represented as a general of Marines. Faint grid-lines are visible across the whole of the drawing. The attribution to Hayter is traditional. The drawing is not related to Hayter's group of the 'House of Lords, 1820' (see NPG 999 and 1659(J)).

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Henriks Sale; Mrs M. E. Sadleir, presented by her, 1911.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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