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Tom ROBERTS | Sketch portrait of H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York later King George V

Tom ROBERTS
 England 1856 – Kallista 1931 AD
Australia from 1869; England, Europe 1881- 85, 1903-23

Sketch portrait of H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York later King George V 1903 , oil on wood panel
43.0 (h) x 26.2 (w) cm National Library of Australia, Canberra

Christened George Frederick Ernest Albert (1865–1936), the Duke was the second son of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and a grandson of Queen Victoria. Following the unexpected death of his elder brother Albert in 1892, and his father in May 1910, he reigned as King George V for 26 years.