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Melchior Gommar Tieleman (1784-1864) - TRH Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge,

Melchior Gommar Tieleman (1784-1864) - TRH Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, monochrome watercolour over charcoal, circa 1828, signed with monogram lower left, 44.5 x 33cm (17 1/2 x 13 in). Provenance: bought at Sotheby's Belgravia, 6th December 1979, lot 14. Prince George (1819-1904) and Princess Augusta of Cambridge (1822-1916) were the children of George III's youngest son, Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, Viceroy of Hanover, and Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge. Melchior Gommar Tieleman studied in Antwerp, and then under David in Paris, before eventually becoming Painter to Prince Adolphus, for whom he painted many family portraits. This particular composition was published as a lithograph by J.G. Schrader, in Hanover, in 1828.