An Unknown Child, possibly Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1640-1660)

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Child, possibly Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1640-1660), British (English) School, 1630/40s. A full-length portrait of a young child, turned to the right wearing red dress with red and white slashed sleeves and white pinafore (not yet breeched if a boy), standing beside a table, on which is a spaniel. Henry was the third son of Charles I (1600-1649) and Henrietta Maria (1609-1669). He was born at Oatlands Palace, Surrey, and was probably styled Duke of Gloucester from birth. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 4 April, 1653, and created Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Cambridge on 13 May 1659. He died on 13 or 23 September 1660 at Whitehall Palace, London and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)