# Portrait of Prince William and His Elder Sister, Princess Sophia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WEST, Benjamin]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 153 x 214 cm ## Commentary This painting is one of a group of portraits of members of the Royal Family painted by West between 1777 and 1784. It portrays Prince William \(1776-1834\), later 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and his elder Sister, Princess Sophia \(1773-1844\) of Gloucester. They were the eldest children of William Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George III. The painting was commissioned by West's royal patron George III as a token of his reconciliation with his brother and their family. ## 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 George, Prince of Wales, and Prince Frederick, later Duke of York]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [The Battle of La Hogue]() - [The Burghers of Calais]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()