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A Seated Angel with Five Infant Children 1878
Terracotta | RCIN 64069
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A terracotta group comprising a winged angel sitting on rock holding three children in her arms; two older children at her knees. Mounted on circular pedestal with inscription: 'Of such is The Kingdom of Heaven, Dalou Fecit 1878'
Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria, 1877, for her Private Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The work is a memorial to five of her grandchildren who died in infancy. The children represented in the group were
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-66), son of Victoria the Princess Royal
Prince Frederick of Hesse (1870-73), son of Princess Alice
Prince Alexander of Wales (b&d1871), son of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII
Prince Harold of Schleswig-Holstein (b&d1876), son of Princess Helena
And a stillborn son (1877), son of Princess Helena.
In 1879 Dalou made an additional group representing Princess Marie of Hesse, daughter of Princess Alice, who died, aged 4, in 1878. -
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Terracotta
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