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Miss Arnold 1831-33
Wood, muslin, silk, straw | 17.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 72389
Baroness Louise Lehzen
Miss Arnold 1831-33
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2024. Photograph: Museum of London
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Female doll; wooden; jointed; poke bonnet of plaited straw and silk trimmed with mauve ribbon, white muslin long-sleeved dress with lace trim at hem; long cape to match; with stand.
Provenance
As a child, Princess Victoria (later Queen) made more than one hundred dolls with the help of her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen. Most of these dolls survive in the Royal Collection today, after having been carefully packed away by the Princess once she reached her fourteenth birthday. Some dolls represent historic figures or friends of the Princess, but most represent characters from the ballet and from the opera, which Princess Victoria attended regularly, making notes on the various costumes worn, and drawing them once she returned to Kensington Palace. These drawings were then used to help design the dolls' outfits.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Wood, muslin, silk, straw
Measurements
17.5 cm (whole object)
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