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William Corden the Elder (1797-1867)
Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland (1806-68) 1849-51
Oil on canvas | 61.5 x 50.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405576
William Corden the Elder (1797-1867)
Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland (1806-68) 1849-51
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Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, was a devoted friend of Queen Victoria. The original portrait of the Duchess of Sutherland by Franz Xaver Winterhalter was completed in 1849 and is at Dunrobin Castle. The Queen went to see it being painted and wrote in her Journal: 'The picture, which is far advanced, though without any background, is most successful, & a beautiful work of art. The Dss is in a court dress with her train over her arm, & quite "dans le grand style" '.
Inscribed on the back as copied by Corden after Winterhalter and with the date, 1849.Provenance
Given by the sitter to Queen Victoria on her birthday, 24 May 1851; recorded in the Queen's Private Apartments at Buckingham Palace in 1868
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Oil on canvas
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61.5 x 50.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
89.4 x 77.5 x 8.1 cm (frame, external)
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