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Rudolf Swoboda (1859-1914)
Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Louis of Battenberg (1863-1950) Signed and dated 1886
Oil on canvas | 76.7 x 63.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406666
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Princess Victoria (1863-1950) was one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters, the eldest daughter of her third child, Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse.
The sitter is shown head and shoulders, facing three-quarters to the left; wearing a pale grey formal day dress trimmed with lace, with the Order of Victoria and Albert pinned to her left shoulder, and a pearl necklace; sky background.
Signed and dated: Rudolf Swoboda 1886.Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria.
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Oil on canvas
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76.7 x 63.5 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
99.5 x 87.0 x 9.5 cm (frame, external)
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Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess Louis of Battenberg, later Marchioness of Milford-Haven.
Portrait of Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Victoria of Hesse.
