Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1823-1897), later Duchess of Teck c.1835-50

Watercolour on ivory laid on card | 7.4 x 6.0 cm (sight) | RCIN 422330

British School, 19th century

Description

Miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, as a child of about about eight to ten years, wearing a white lace-trimmed dress, set in a gilt-metal frame with ribbon crest and ropework border. The miniature is closely related to a portrait of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge by an unknown artist, formerly in the Cambridge Collection at Gloucester House.

Provenance

?Acquired by Queen Mary
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection British School, 19th century
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (1833-97)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Watercolour on ivory laid on card

ivory, gilt metal

watercolour painting

Measurements

7.4 x 6.0 cm (sight)

9.8 x 6.8 cm (frame, external)
Groupings
Category
Miniatures (Paintings)
Object type(s)
visual works
miniatures (paintings)
furnishings
frames
picture frames
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Decorative techniques & surface decoration
Beaded
Decorative motifs
Ropework
Genealogy and Heraldry
Heraldry
Crests
References

Other number(s)

Vic Min : Remington, V., 2010. Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen – Vic Min 975

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