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Portrait of Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge

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The work was commissioned by her husband at the time of their marriage. Beechey was an experienced portraitist by the time he depicted Augusta, having been a member of the Royal Academy since 1793. He depicts her in fashionable
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in 1817, several of the King's sons got married in order to secure the succession for the reigning
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later took the throne as her father was an elder brother. Another slightly younger cousin
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The Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen: The later Italian pictures
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239.7 cm × 148.9 cm (94.4 in × 58.6 in)
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and the current line of the royal family therefore descends from Augusta.
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style. He seems to deliberately copy the manner of his rival
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Born in 1797, Augusta was a member of the ruling family of
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Paintings in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
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This article about a nineteenth-century painting is a
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George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops
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William Beechey
Oil on canvas
portrait
Royal Collection
London
full-length
portrait painting
William Beechey
Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
Hesse-Kassel
German Confederation
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
George III
Princess Charlotte
House of Hanover
George
Victoria
George, Duke of Cumberland
throne of Hanover
Cambridge Cottage
Kew Green
St Anne's Church, Kew
Mary of Teck
George V
Regency
Thomas Lawrence
Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria
Royal Collection
Grand Duke Paul of Russia

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