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British School, 19th century
Princess Alice, Princess Louis of Hesse (1843-1878) with Princess Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950) 1863
Watercolour on ivory laid on card | 6.5 x 4.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420328
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Princess Louis of Hesse, second daughter of Queen Victoria, is shown holding her eldest child, Princess Victoria, in her arms. Princess Louis of Hesse wears a white day dress trimmed with purple braid in this image on ivory which derives from a three-quarter-length photograph taken in Darmstadt by F. Backhofen (RCIN 2900800). That print is dated December 1863, but another version in the Royal Photographic Collection (RCIN 2941291) is dated to August of the same year, when the infant, born on 5 April at Windsor Castle, would have been four months old. The landscape background has been added in the miniature.
Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory laid on card
Measurements
6.5 x 4.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
7.6 x 6.6 cm (frame, external)
6.2 x 5.2 cm (sight)
Other number(s)
Vic Min : Remington, V., 2010. Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen – Vic Min 1016RL 1870 15.A.9Alternative title(s)
Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878) with Princess Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950), later Marchioness of Milford-Haven
