# Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WEST, Benjamin]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 241 x 166 cm ## Commentary Portrait of George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York 1778 Oil on canvas, 241 x 166 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg George, later George IV, and Frederick, later Duke of York, were the sons of King George III of England. The painting, intended as a gift for Catherine the Great of Russia, was commissioned from West by George III and his wife, Sophia-Charlotte. ## Related artworks - [Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus]() - [Cupid Releasing Two Doves]() - [Edward III Crossing the Somme]() - [Joseph Banks]() - [Musidora and her Two Companions]() - [Omnia Vincit Amor or The Power of Love in the Three Elements \(detail\)]() - [Omnia Vincit Amor or The Power of Love in the Three Elements]() - [Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson]() - [Portrait of Prince William and His Elder Sister, Princess Sophia]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [The Battle of La Hogue]() - [The Burghers of Calais]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()