A barge for a prince. (Prince Frederick Louis' royal barge)

The Magazine Antiques | June 1, 1997| | Copyright

The antagonism between George II, his queen, Caroline of Ansbach (1685-1737), and their eldest son, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE IV OMITTED], was bitter throughout the prince's short life. Born in Hannover, Germany, in 1707, Frederick was in England by December 1728, and died there in 1751 at the age of forty-four. His years in England, apart from onerous family quarrels and politics, were filled with the more pleasant task of patronizing art and artists of all kinds.(1) One of his finest commissions was the superbly carved and gilded royal barge ...

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