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Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Alice dated 1854

Pencil, watercolour, ink | 15.9 x 10.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980024.dq

Master: Sketches of the Royal Children by V. R. from 1841-1859
Item: Alice

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Master: Sketches of the Royal Children by V. R. from 1841-1859 Item: Alice dated 1854

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2023

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2023

Description

An ink drawing with touches of watercolour showing Queen Victoria's second daughter Princess Alice dressed in male theatrical costume. She is shown full-length, standing facing right.
Inscribed below: Alice as in Les Petit Savoyards 1854 -

Queen Victoria's children performed Nicolas Dalayrac's French comic opera Les deux petits Savoyards on 16 January 1854.
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pencil, watercolour, ink

pencil, watercolour, ink

Measurements

15.9 x 10.7 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Drawings / Watercolours
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Social sciences
Ethnology
Costume & National dress
Costume-cross-dressing
Costume-Children

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