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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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LAURITS REGNER TUXEN (1853-1927)

The Family of Queen Victoria in 1887

Signed and dated 1887

RCIN 400500

Queen Victoria admired Tuxen’s painting of the Family of Christian IX and so commissioned a family group from him to mark her Golden Jubilee. Tuxen creates a homogenous composition, giving a liveliness and naturalness in his sitters, and a powerful dynastic image for his patron. The setting is the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle.

Commissioned by Queen Victoria.
  • BUCKINGHAM PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER / [Number] ; an oval stamp, enclosing a number; relates to the current B.P. Picture Inventory ( started ca. 1968; includes oils, miniatures, enamels, watercolours & drawings, porcelain paintings & mosaics)1442
    WINDSOR CASTLE INVENTORY....[date] / No.... [inventory number]; oval stamp referring to the Victorian Pictures Inventory1891 / No 2097
    [crown] / VR [encircled by] Queen's Personal Property ; stamp]


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