Sir William Arnold 1831-33
Wood, wool, silk | 16.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 72387
Baroness Louise Lehzen
Sir William Arnold 1831-33
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022. Photograph: Museum of London
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Male doll; wooden; jointed; painted; dressed in long fawn wool overcoat, blue waistcoat and wide green trousers.
Provenance
As a child, Princess Victoria (later Queen) made more than one hundred dolls with the help of her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen. Most of these dolls survive in the Royal Collection today, after having been carefully packed away by the Princess once she reached her fourteenth birthday. Some dolls represent historic figures or friends of the Princess, but most represent characters from the ballet and from the opera, which Princess Victoria attended regularly, making notes on the various costumes worn, and drawing them once she returned to Kensington Palace. These drawings were then used to help design the dolls' outfits.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Wood, wool, silk
Measurements
16.5 cm (whole object)
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