Lot 776 | James Holland (1800-1870) King William IV and
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James Holland (1800-1870) King William IV and Queen Adelaide visiting Greenwich Hospital August 1835 Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1845 centre left, signed inscribed and dated 1845 on reverse 46cm x 62.5cm King William IV (1765-1837), 'The Sailor King' had a strong connection with Greenwich, giving them a number of pictures from the Royal Collection in 1824. This 'Naval Gallery' predates the setting up of the National Gallery by some weeks and was the first British national historical art collection open to the public. Queen Adelaide was the daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and, according to the DNB, 'brought to the marriage an amiable disposition, an inclination to domesticity and a willingness to accept the ten illegitimate children of her husband's liason with Dorothy Jordan'!
