Lot 381: STUDIO  OF  DAVID  MORIER

THE  PROPERTY  OF  A  CHARITABLE  TRUST
1705  -  1770
PORTRAIT  OF  PRINCE  WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS,  DUKE  OF  CUMBERLAND  (1721-1765),  ON  HORSEBACK
oil  on  canvas
127  by  101.5  cm.;  50  by  40  in.

Possibly in the Collection of Sir John Cust, 3rd Bt. of Belton (1718-80), who was Clerk of the Household to Frederick Prince of Wales, the sitter's brother;
Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899-1978), Belton House, Grantham;
His sale, London, Christie's, 3 May 1929, lot 51 (as 'D. Morier') to F. Howard;
Princess Marie Louise (1872-1956);
Sold by Order of H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, London, Christie's, 8 May 1959, lot 9 (as 'Morier') for 12 gns.;
Private collection, until transferred into the present Charitable Trust.