Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916) Signed and dated 1853

Oil on canvas | 63.5 x 50.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405099

Alexander Melville (active 1846-86)

Description

This is a copy by Alexander Melville of a portrait of the Grand Duchess painted by Winterhalter in 1846 as a surprise for the Grand Duke on his birthday. Augusta (1822-1916) was Queen Victoria's cousin, the second of the three children of Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850), son of George III, and his wife, Princess Augusta (1797–1889).

Inscribed on the back with the date, 1853, and as copied after Winterhalter by Alexander Melville.

Provenance

Painted for Queen Victoria in 1853; recorded in the 1853 Room at Buckingham Palace in 1876
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Alexander Melville (active 1846-86)
(artist)

After
Search the collection Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
(artist)

Commissioner(s)

Search the collection View the person page Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Princess Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Oil on canvas

oil paint, canvas

Measurements

63.5 x 50.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
Groupings
Category
Paintings
Object type(s)
visual works
paintings
References

Other number(s)

OMV : Millar, O., 1992. The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 2 vols, Cambridge – OMV 970

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