Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) Commander-in-Chief of the Army; Bishop of Osnabrück; 2nd son of George III

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Hospitality, Lancaster House

Joseph Nollekens, son of Joseph Francis Nollekens, a painter from Antwerp, was born in Dean Street, Soho. He studied under the sculptor Peter Scheemakers, before attending William Shipley’s drawing school on the Strand. In 1762 he travelled to Rome where he worked as an antiques dealer, restorer and copier, as well as sculpting portraits of English tourists. By 1771, he had returned to London and taken a house in Mortimer Street, Marylebone. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1772. He sculpted several church monuments and mythological subjects but it was his portrait busts which grew in popularity throughout his career. His final years were plagued by ill health and by 1816 he was almost deaf. He died at the age of 85.
Francis Chantrey was born in Norton, near Sheffield. His father was a carpenter who owned a small farm. Initially apprenticed to a carver and gilder called Ramsey, Chantrey was later taught drawing by John Raphael Smith. He began his career painting portraits but turned to wood-carving, before trying clay modeling. In 1809 he exhibited a bust of ‘Satan’ at the Royal Academy, which led to commissions for further busts. He travelled to Paris in 1814 and Rome in 1819, where he visited the studios of Canova and Thorvaldsen. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1818. In 1835 he was knighted. By the end of his life Chantrey had built a considerable fortune, most of which he left to the Royal Academy for purchasing work by British artists.

People

Prince, Duke of York and Albany Frederick (1763 - 1827)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, Neo-Classicism, man, Duke, commander-in-chief

Materials & Techniques

marble, bust (as object name), marble bust

Artist

Joseph (after) Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
Sir Francis Chantrey (1781 - 1841)

Title

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) Commander-in-Chief of the Army; Bishop of Osnabrück; 2nd son of George III

Date

1835-1836

Medium

Marble bust

Dimensions

height: 70.00 cm, width: 53.00 cm

Acquisition

Presented by the United Service Club, October 1954

Provenance

Commissioned for the Junior United Service Club 1835-36; presented to Ministry of Works for Lancaster House by the members of the United Service Club on its dissolution in 1954

GAC number

2861