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Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-75)
The Spanish Dancers, a scene from Una Noche de Fiesta en Sevilla dated 1855
Watercolour and bodycolour | 22.0 x 34.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 921332
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DM 3640: Spanish dancers against a backdrop of the city of Seville by moonlight, at the Haymarket Theatre, 1855 (dated on mount).
This watercolour is mounted in the Theatrical Album, a blue morocco album presented to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, into which the queen pasted theatrical watercolours, drawings and photographs until 1861. A small number of further items have been added at the back of the album. Queen Victoria greatly valued the album, of which she wrote to her daughter Victoria 'has been so much admired. I take the g[rea]test. care of it, & do not let it out of my Hands'.Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria; Lundgren was paid 6 guineas on 7 April 1855 for this drawing and RCIN 921333 (Royal Archives PP2/11/5379)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour
Measurements
22.0 x 34.4 cm (whole object)
Other number(s)
RL 21332
