Unknown man, formerly known as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
2 of 41 portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Unknown man, formerly known as Prince Charles Edward Stuart
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1730s
43 in. x 23 3/4 in. (1092 mm x 603 mm)
Bequeathed by George Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum, 1922
Primary Collection
NPG 1929
Sitterback to top
- Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), Grandson of James II; 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'. Sitter associated with 41 portraits.
This portraitback to top
In Polish costume or uniform. The likeness to Prince Charles has always been open to doubt. The features do not appear to be drawn from life and the only evidence is the portrait's reputed provenance and the Polish costume, his mother Maria Clementina Sobieska being the grand-daughter of John Sobieski, King of Poland. More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early Georgian Portraits (1977, out of print).
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 41
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 696
Events of 1730back to top
Current affairs
John and Charles Wesley form a Holy Club at Oxford which becomes the cradle of Methodism.Glasite sect, which promoted a form of primitive Christianity, established in Scotland by John Glas.
Last native roe deer in England is reputedly killed in Northumberland.
Art and science
French sculptor Louis-Francois Roubiliac settles in London from Paris.The Daily Advertiser is established as the first newspaper funded by advertising.
Mathematician and inventor John Hadley invents the octant, a navigating device which precedes the sextant.
International
Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia, tries to flee to Britain but is imprisoned by his father Frederick William I.Pope Clement XII succeeds Benedict XIII as the 246th pope.
Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius observes the aurora borealis and suggests the existence of the earth's magnetic field.
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