File:Ernest Augustus by Fischer 1823.jpg

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Summary

Paul Fischer: Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) when King of Hanover (

)

Artist

Paul Fischer (1786–1875)
Alternative names	John George Paul Fischer; Johann Georg Paul; Johann Georg Paul Fischer
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	16 September 1786	12 December 1875
Location of birth/death	Hanover	London
Authority file	: Q6233217 VIAF: 96036553 ISNI: 0000000069339214 ULAN: 500053561 Oxford Dict.: 9485 GND: 1034723820

Title

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851) when King of Hanover

Description

English: "One of several miniature copies by Johann Paul Georg Fischer after the full-length portrait by Beechey painted for George III and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1802 (no. 61) (404564: Royal Collection). Fischer's miniature, which shows the Duke of Cumberland in the uniform of a colonel of the 15th Light Dragoons with the ribbon and star of the Order of the Garter."

Medium

watercolor on ivory portrait miniature

Dimensions

height: 11.3 cm (4.4 in); width: 9 cm (3.5 in)

Collection

Royal Collection

	Native name	Royal Collection of the United Kingdom
	Location	United Kingdom
	Established	after 1491 date QS:P,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1491-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
	Website	https://www.rct.uk
	Authority file	: Q1459037

Accession number

RCIN 420664

Object history

Provenance: Possibly acquired by Prince Albert at the estate sale of Augustus, Duke of Sussex in 1843

Notes

Signed and dated

Source/Photographer

Royal Collection RCIN 420664

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/egallery/object.asp?searchText=Ernest+Duke+of+Cumberland&x=10&y=6&object=420664&row=5

Other versions

Ernest1823.jpg

Licensing

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current	13:22, 22 January 2013		941 × 1,237 (485 KB)	Tuga9890	Bigger version
	14:19, 20 July 2010		181 × 246 (9 KB)	DrKay	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Miniature of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, later King of Hanover, by Fischer in the Royal Collection}} \|Source=http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/egallery/object.asp?searchText=Ernest+Duke+of+Cumberland&x=10&y=6&obj