Clémentine Antoinette Pepin (active 1866-78)
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870-1948) 1871
Watercolour on ivory laid on card | 10.4 x 8.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420305
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After a miniature by Reginald Easton (current location unknown). Born in Orsay, Clémentine Pepin trained under Charles Cordier, Edouard Brandon and Aimée Chéron, née Jovin, as a miniature painter. She exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1866 to 1878.
Princess Victoria Louise Sophia Augusta Amelia Helena ('Helena Victoria') of Schleswig-Holstein, eldest daughter of Princess Helena, third daughter of Queen Victoria, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. She spent her lifetime performing charitable works and lived in later years with her divorced sister, Princess Marie Louise, dying unmarried in 1948.
Inscribed on the reverse in ink by Queen Victoria: Princess / Victoria Louise / of S.H. b. May 3. 1870 / daughter to / Pcess Helena of Gt. B./ & I. – & of P ce Christian of S.H. – / Copied by Mlle. / Pepin after / R. Easton. / 1871Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1871
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Watercolour on ivory laid on card
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10.4 x 8.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
11.7 x 9.5 cm (frame, external)
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