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Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839-1872) 1852
Oil on canvas | 34.0 x 29.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406943
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John Phillip (1817-67)
Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1839-1872) 1852
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Princess Feodora was the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria's half-sister, Feodora, and Ernest, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She was her mother's favourite child and was described as 'a fine girl – immensely tall'. She married George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in 1858 as his second wife, but he proved to be an unfaithful husband.
Together with the portrait 'Princess Charlotte of Belgium', these are the earliest works that Phillip painted for Queen Victoria. In 1858 he was entrusted with the commission for the commemorative work 'The Marriage of the Princess Royal, 25 January 1858' which hangs in Buckingham Palace; much time and care went into both the commissioning and execution of this painting, which includes accurate portraits of all the Royal Family.
Signed: John Phillip. Inscribed on the back with the names of artist and sitter and the date, November 1852.Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria in 1852; recorded in the Queen's Private Apartments at Buckingham Palace in 1868
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
34.0 x 29.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
46.9 x 42.3 x 6.5 cm (frame, external)
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Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langengurg, later Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1839-1872)