Description: 'HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ANN'Portrait, three-quarter length, standing, directed towards right, wearing heavily embroidered dress with a row of jewels down the bodice, holding up the edge of an ermine-lined cloak hanging from her right shoulder in right hand, left hand resting on corwn, on a cushion on a table beside her, hair half up with ropes of pearls, looking towards front; after Hysing; before title altered to 'Princess of Orange'. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (2 November [O.S. 22 October] 1709 - 12 January 1759) was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach. She was the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of all seven provinces of the Northern Netherlands. She was Regent of the Netherlands from 1751 until her death in 1759, exercising extensive powers on behalf of her son William V. She was known as an Anglophile, due to her English upbringing and family connections, but was unable to convince the Dutch Republic to enter the Seven Years' War on the side of the British.[citation needed] Princess Anne was the second daughter of a British sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. In the Netherlands she was styled Anna van Hannover. Made by John Faber the Younger after Hans Hysing. Medium: Mezzotint engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 24.5 x 35.1 cm (9.65 x 13.82 inch). Condition: fair, given age. Creasing in top part. Fairly large tear at top middle, backed. Several small tear in left margin. Paper loss at left bottom, remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. PORTRAIT-PRINCESS-ORANGE-ANNE | PCO-A76-21 BACKGROUND INFORMATION Source: unknown, to be determined. Biography engraver: John Faber the Younger (1684-1756) was a Dutch portrait engraver active in London. Biography artist: Hans Huyssing or Hans Hysing (1678-1752 or 1753) was a Swedish-born portrait painter who worked in England.
Price: 145 USD
Location: 6611BX
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Date of Creation: Pre-1800
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Subject: Portrait
Height (Inches): 13.82
Width (Inches): 9.65
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Print
Artist: John Faber the Younger, Hans Hysing
Material: Mezzotint
Year of Production: c.1734
