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Richard Lauchert (1823-68)
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860-1919) when a child Signed and dated 1863
Oil on canvas | 113.0 x 82.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403894
Drawing Room, Osborne House
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Princess Charlotte (1860-1919) was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, the daughter of the Queen’s eldest daughter Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia. Queen Victoria was delighted with the portrait and noted in her Journal: ‘A most lovely picture arrived of Vicky’s little Charlotte, by Lauchert. It is full length, & really charming, – so bright & light, quite in the style of a Winterhalter portrait’. Signed and dated: R Lauchert [initials in monogram] 1863. Inscribed on the back with the names of the artist and sitter, her age (three), and the date, 1863.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria by the sitter's mother, the Crown Princess
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
113.0 x 82.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
146.1 x 115.1 x 12.3 cm (frame, external)
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Princess Charlotte of Prussia, later Princess Bernard of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919) when a child
