VARIOUS PORTRAIT MINIATURES RELATING TO EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES
Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more PROPERTY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FERDINAND OF BAVARIA, INFANTE OF SPAIN (1884-1958)
VARIOUS PORTRAIT MINIATURES RELATING TO EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES

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VARIOUS PORTRAIT MINIATURES RELATING TO EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES
Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804-1844) in a blue and gold turban with white plumes and her husband, Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain (1794–1865) wearing an order
On ivory
Francisco de Asís de Borbón, King Consort of Spain (1822–1902) and his five children
On ivory
Another miniature, possibly Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796), with upswept hair, in profile
On paper
The first: oval, 3 4/5 cm. (38 mm.) high and 3 4/5 cm. (38 mm.) high, framed together in velvet set with a coronet and various coloured paste-stones
The second: oval, 2 2/5 cm. (24 mm.) high, the rest, 2 cm. (20 mm.) high, silver frame with central cartouche and rococo scrolls and flowers, apparently unmarked
The third, oval, 7.3/10 cm (73 mm.) high, in carved gilt-wood frame
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily (1804-1844) was the daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830) and his second wife Maria Isabella of Spain (1789–1848). Princess Luisa married her maternal uncle Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain. Luisa Carlotta played a decisive role in the introduction of new law in Spain which allowed for female succession. She wished for her niece Isabella to become heiress to the Spanish throne instead of her uncle Carlos and so acquired a document from the prime minister Tadeo Calomarde which forbade female succession and burnt it. When Calomarde tried to save the document, she hit him and he famously said, "Madame, white hands don't offend!"

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