Lot 1053: Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), two portrait miniatures

Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788)
one miniature falsely signed, 'CF Zinke' (right)
watercolour on ivory in rectangular papier-mache frame with gilt metal mounts, inscribed at top, EDINH. MUSEUM (2)
Oval, 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.) high

PROVENANCE:
Broomhill House, Grantown-on-Spey

The falsely signed larger miniature bears a pen and ink on paper inscription, pasted on the verso: 'from the collection of the / Lochiel family / exhibited in the / Lochiel collection / in the Museum / Prince Charles Edward Stuart'.

The miniature showing Prince Charles in Highland costume, wearing the Orders of both the Garter and the Thistle, is a copy of the Highlander portrait by Robert Strange.

The miniature depicting the Prince wearing a breastplate and both the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle, is either a copy of the oil by Domenico Dupra or more probably a copy after the engraving of that portrait by J. Daulle.