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QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)
A Scene from 'Der Hahnenschlag'
Signed and dated 1852RCIN 403663
In this painting Queen Victoria shows her six eldest children acting the closing scene of Kotzebue’s comedy Der Hahnenschlag (The Cockshy) in a performance at Windsor Castle on Twelfth Night in 1852. Stylistically the picture displays the influence of Winterhalter, who taught the Queen oil painting during his visits to England.
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