File:Portrait of George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771-1839), in the uniform of the 50th Regiment of Foot (by George Engelheart).jpg

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English: George Engelheart (1750-1829)

Portrait of George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston (1771-1839), in the uniform of the 50th Regiment of Foot, scarlet coat with blue facings, silver frogging, epaulettes and buttons engraved '50', black stock, frilled white cravat, powdered hair

on ivory

oval, 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, gilt-metal bezel with split-pearl and gold filigree surround, the glazed reverse centred with gold initial K on plaited hair ground

George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, was the son of Sir Robert King and his wife Caroline, née Fitzgerald. He married, in 1794, Lady Helena Moore and they had five children. For a portrait of Lady Helena by George Engleheart, see the following lot. For another portrait of the present sitter by George Engleheart, in profile to the left, see lot 122.

A 'Capt King' is listed in George Engleheart's fee book for 1794, the year of the sitter's marriage (see G. C. Williamson H. L. D. Engleheart, George Engleheart 1750-1829. Miniature Painter to George III, London, 1902, p. 102). An identical portrait of George King in uniform by George Engleheart was sold Christie's, London, 7 May 1974, lot 86.
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Source https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5504462
Author
George Engleheart  (1750–1829)  wikidata:Q358195
 
George Engleheart
Alternative names
george engleheart; g. engleheart
Description British portrait painter and miniaturist
Date of birth/death 26 October 1750 Edit this at Wikidata 21 March 1829 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kew Blackheath
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creator QS:P170,Q358195

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