Guglielmo Faija (1803-73)
Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846-1927) inscribed 1848
Watercolour on unbacked ivory | 2.2 x 1.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420801
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Guglielmo Faija's miniature is a head and shoulders copy taken from Sir William Ross's full-length watercolour double portrait of the Princess with Princess Helena painted in March 1848 (913822: Royal Collection).
Princess Clotilde was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Clémentine, princesse d'Orléans. She married, in 1864, Archduke Joseph of Austria (1833-1905) with whom she had two sons and five daughtersProvenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria from the artist in 1848 and possibly intended as a gift for the sitter's mother, Clementine, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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Watercolour on unbacked ivory
Measurements
2.2 x 1.8 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
2.9 x 2.5 cm (frame, external)
2.0 x 1.7 cm (sight)
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Vic Min : Remington, V., 2010. Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen – Vic Min 462Cust 1910 : Cust, L., 1910. Windsor Castle: Portrait Miniatures, London – Cust 1910 56/10
