A WILLIAM IV PAINTED WOOD BOWED PANEL

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A WILLIAM IV PAINTED WOOD BOWED PANEL
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Depicting the arms of the Duchess of Kent, and inscribed to the reverse 'UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND THE PRINCESS VICTORIA'
22 ¾ in. (58 cm.) high; 28 ½ in. (72 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

As a widow, Queen Victoria's mother The Duchess of Kent would have used her husband’s arms impaling her own; the arms on the left are for her husband the Duke of Kent, while the numerous quartered arms on the right are for Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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