Alexander Schäfer (active 1832-60)
Frederica, Duchess of Cumberland, Queen of Hanover (1778-1841) Signed and dated 1846
Watercolour on ivory | 4.8 x 4.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420759
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A posthumous copy by Schäfer after a portrait by Conrad l'Allemand known from a lithograph by Fr. Jentzen published by L. Sachse & Co., Berlin. On the basis of costume, the original (current location unknown) can be dated to c.1838, when the distinctive 'Victoria' sleeves with bouffants on the upper arm were fashionable. The Queen of Hanover wears with her purple evening dress the badge of the Order of Louise of Prussia and George IV's family order.
Signed in pencil on the reverse: A. Schäfer p. / 1846 and inscribed No. 4Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory
Measurements
4.8 x 4.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
6.1 x 5.4 cm (frame, external)
Other number(s)
Vic Min : Remington, V., 2010. Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen – Vic Min 764Cust 1910 : Cust, L., 1910. Windsor Castle: Portrait Miniatures, London – Cust 1910 54/14Alternative title(s)
Frederica, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)
