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Richard Rothwell (1800-68)
Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1788-1861) 1832
Oil on canvas | 91.0 x 71.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402489
Victoria Room 7, Kensington Palace
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Victoria, Duchess of Kent, was born Victoria Mary Louisa, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, at Coburg on 17 August 1786. Her first marriage in 1803 was to the Prince of Leiningen, with whom she had a son, Charles, and a daughter, Feodora. He died in 1814 and Victoria then married Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III and Queen Charlotte. They had one daughter, the future Queen Victoria.
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Presumably painted for Victoria, Duchess of Kent; recorded in Room no 33 at Frogmore House in 1878
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Oil on canvas
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91.0 x 71.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
112.4 x 93.4 x 10.4 cm (frame, external)
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Victoria of Saxe-Coburg, Duchess of Kent (1788-1861)
