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HRH Henry Frederick (1745–1790), 1st Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

Matthew William Peters (1742–1814)

Museum of Freemasonry

HRH Henry Frederick (1745–1790), 1st Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

Image credit: Museum of Freemasonry

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Henry Frederick (1745–1790), Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, one of two governing bodies of Freemasonry in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, from 1782 until his death in 1790. In this portrait he is wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter, the highest chivalric order in the United Kingdom. The artist was a Freemason and Chaplain to George IV. In 1785 he was appointed Grand Portrait Painter, a position created especially for him. He remains the only person ever to have held it. This portrait is believed to be a second copy of the portrait by Peters, the first of which was destroyed in a fire at Freemasons’ Hall, London in 1883.

Museum of Freemasonry

London

Title

HRH Henry Frederick (1745–1790), 1st Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

Date

c.1785

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 165.5 x W 121 cm

Accession number

PCF2010.20

Acquisition method

purchased by the United Grand Lodge of England at Albion Fine Art, 1992

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

None

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Museum of Freemasonry

Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, Greater London WC2B 5AZ England

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Artist or maker

Matthew William Peters

1742–1814

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