Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Medium
Etching and stipple
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within plate): 10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25.5 × 18 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1023
Tags
Art Historical Context
This enchanting etching and stipple print from1796 captures Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales1594–1612), the eldest son of King James I of England, a dynamic hunting scene amid forests teeming with deer, dogs, and horses. Sword in hand, the prince embodies the Renaissance ideal of the noble huntsman—vigorous, aristocratic, and at one with nature. Created by Sylvester Harding after an original painting by Robert Peake the, with contributions noted from R. Clamp, it revives a Jacobean portrait tradition that celebrated royal heirs as heroic figures. Henry Frederick's untimely death at age 18 fro...
About the Artist
Sylvester Harding|Sylvester Harding|R. Clamp|Robert Peake the Elder|Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (British|British|British|British|British, Scottish) · 1745 |1745 |1788 |1546 |1594 –1809 |1809 |1798 |1619 |1612
British, Newcastle-under Lyme, Staffordshire 1745–1809 London|British, Newcastle-under Lyme, Staffordshire 1745–1809 London|British, active, 1788–98|British, ca. 1551–1619 London|British, Stirling, Scotland 1594–1612 London