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Elizabeth at left in a child's carriage which is drawn by a dog; Augusta, holding Henry in her arms, and William are at centre; George, carrying a bow, and Edward, carrying a musket, are at left.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Faber, John (the younger)","id":"A9559"},"association":{"text":"engraver","id":"AAT25165"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Bowles, John","id":"A25489"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"AAT25574"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Bowles, Carington","id":"A13272"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"AAT25574"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Du Pan, Barthélémy","id":"A39770"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":"after"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"mezzotint","id":"AAT53233"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Mezzotint on paper","categories":[{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Children & Childhood","id":"THES48980"}],"styles":[{"text":"Rococo","id":"AAT21155"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLD","id":"THES49658"},"free":"","case":"PP","shelf":"14","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"late 1760s","earliest":"1765-01-01","latest":"1769-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"40","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"cut","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"54.8","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"cut","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured by SH 06/06/2011","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales.    Princess Elizabeth Born 30 Decr. 1740.   Princess Augusta and Prince Hanrry Born 1 Augt. 1737  Born 27 Octr. 1745.   Prince William Born 4 Novr. 1743   Prince George, Born 24 May 1738   Prince Edward Born 14 March 1738/9    Du Pan Pinxt.   J. Faber Fecit.   Printed for John Bowles, at No. 43 in Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Lettered"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"'The Children of their Royal Highnesses Frederick & Augusta Prince & Princess of Wales'.  Group portrait in a landscape.  Mezzotint by John Faber, the younger, after Barthélémy Du Pan, late 1760s.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Smith, John Chaloner.  <u>British Mezzotinto Portraits</u>.  London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.  Vol. 1, p.354."}],"production":"The NPG version of this print is dated ca.1746-1756; however, the address used by John Bowles, as well as the publishing address of his son Carington, suggest that this print was re-published in the 1760s, presumably after 1765 when street numbering came into effect, and certainly after 1763 when Carington Bowles was operating at a separate address in St. Paul's Church Yard.  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