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Maria Liddell, Lady Ravensworth (1773-1845)
A View of Belvoir Castle 1839-40
Oil on canvas | 35.8 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400815
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Queen Victoria had visited Belvoir Castle in 1835. She wrote in her Journal: ‘To give an adequate idea and correct description of this fine place would be impossible. It is built upon a hill overlooking the country surrounded by trees at the bottom’. The Castle belonged to the Duke of Rutland.
Provenance
Given to Queen Victoria by Lady Ravensworth in 1840; recorded in a bedroom in Edward III Tower (Room no 177) at Windsor Castle in 1879
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
35.8 x 51.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
52.7 x 68.0 x 7.0 cm (frame, external)
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