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JAMES SANT (1820-1916)
Marie Caroline, duchesse d' Aumale (1822-1869)
c.1848-60Oil on canvas | 126.9 x 101.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405451
This painting, together with one of the Duke (RCIN 405450), was commissioned by Frances, Countess Waldegrave to hang in her home, Strawberry Hill, which she had restored and re-opened.
The Duke and Duchess had fled the Revolution in France of 1848 and moved to Orleans House in Twickenham. Marie Caroline (1822-69) was the daughter of Prince Leopold of the two Sicilies. She married the duc d'Aumale in 1844. Her mother-in-law said she was a true daughter to her: not pretty, but good, gracious, amiable, with lots of spirit and sense – and a very good musician. Queen Victoria commented that she had 'a noble & courageous mind in her poor little body'.
Signed in monogram: JS.
The Duke and Duchess had fled the Revolution in France of 1848 and moved to Orleans House in Twickenham. Marie Caroline (1822-69) was the daughter of Prince Leopold of the two Sicilies. She married the duc d'Aumale in 1844. Her mother-in-law said she was a true daughter to her: not pretty, but good, gracious, amiable, with lots of spirit and sense – and a very good musician. Queen Victoria commented that she had 'a noble & courageous mind in her poor little body'.
Signed in monogram: JS.
