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Richard Rothwell (1800-68)
Charles, Prince of Leiningen (1804-1856) c.1825-31?
Oil on canvas | 77.0 x 64.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404854
In an exhibition, Kensington Palace
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Prince Charles was the son of the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother, by her first marriage to the Prince of Leiningen. In 1848 he became head of Foreign Affairs in the German Empire. On his death Queen Victoria, his half-sister, mourned him deeply: 'how impossible it is to realise the dreadful thought that I shall never see his dear, dear face again in this world'.
On the back is an early inscription in chalk, giving the names of the artist and sitter. -
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Oil on canvas
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77.0 x 64.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
104.7 x 91.7 x 11.3 cm (frame, external)
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Prince Ernest of Leiningen, previously identified as
