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Herbert Luther Smith (1809-69)
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1784-1844) 1844
Oil on panel | 35.5 x 29.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406212
Arcade Corridor , Osborne House
Herbert Luther Smith (1809-69)
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1784-1844) 1844
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Ernest III of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the first first sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the father of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort. This portrait of the Duke as a child is a copy after the pastel portrait by J.H. Schroeder of c.1795 which forms part of a set of Francis Anthony, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, his Duchess and his children, at Schloss Callenburg, Coburg (exh. Coburg 1997, no. 1-19, repr.).
Herbert Luther Smith was commissioned to make copies after the pastels for Queen Victoria.Provenance
Probably commissioned by Queen Victoria -
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Oil on panel
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35.5 x 29.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
53.6 x 47.8 x 5.6 cm (frame, external)
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Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1784-1844)
