Lot Essay
General Wetherall was the A.D.C. and Equerry to the Duke of Kent, the father of the sitter.
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as a child, in white dress with pink bows at shoulders, short fair hair
Details
ANTHONY STEWART (BRITISH, 1773-1846)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as a child, in white dress with pink bows at shoulders, short fair hair
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., elaborate gold frame, the hinged reverse with lock of hair on silk ground and the outer border inscribed 'Presented by the Princess Victorie to her dear old General Wetherall on her birth Day 24th. May 1825', with outer pierced foliate border set with pearls and surmounted by a crown and ribbons
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) as a child, in white dress with pink bows at shoulders, short fair hair
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., elaborate gold frame, the hinged reverse with lock of hair on silk ground and the outer border inscribed 'Presented by the Princess Victorie to her dear old General Wetherall on her birth Day 24
Provenance
General Wetherall (in 1825).
Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1993, lot 48.
Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1993, lot 48.
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