SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS, R.A. (BRITISH, 1794-1860)

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SIR WILLIAM CHARLES ROSS, R.A. (BRITISH, 1794-1860)
Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901) as a child, holding the long blue silk ribbons of her hat, in white dress, black coat, wearing a blue-lined straw hat adorned with black and blue ribbons on her curly fair hair; landscape background
signed and dated on the reverse 'Sir W. C. Ross R.A: Pinx^{t<\sup>. / Miniature Painter to the Queen. / London 1848.'

on ivory

oval, 3.3/8 in. (84 mm.) high, gilt-bronze mount within rectangular gilt-wood frame with flower bouquet spandrels and label with inscription, 'Victoria / de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha'}

Provenance

Louis-Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1814-1896).
Ferdinand-Philippe-Marie d'Orléans, Duc d'Alençon (1844-1910), second son of the latter.
Philippe-Emmanuel d'Orléans, Duc de Vendôme (1872-1931), son of the latter.
Charles-Philippe d'Orléans, Duc de Nemours (1905-1970), first son of the latter; (+) Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Etude Giafferi, 8 July 1994, lot 26.
Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 247.

Literature

V. Remington, Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, London, 2010, II, p. 398 (as 'more likely to represent Marguerite, princesse d'Orléans').

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901) was the eldest child of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861). In 1858 she married Prince Frederick William of Prussia (1831-1888), subsequently becoming German Empress when her husband ascended the throne in 1888. However, after reigning for only 99 days, Frederick died. Victoria, like her mother, wore mourning clothes for the rest of her life. They had eight children together, including Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941).

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