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QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

The Children at Osborne

dated 10 June 1850

RCIN 980055.ae

A watercolour showing Queen Victoria's six eldest children in the grounds of Osborne House. From left to right: Princess Louise, Princess Helena, Princes Alice, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Victoria, Princess Royal and Prince Alfred. Osborne Bay can be seen in the background with the children seated on and around a green bench in the foreground. The children are all shown dressed in nineteenth-century style children's summer clothes and straw hats.
Inscribed below pasted down sheet: The children at Osborne.
Inscribed lower right: VR del June 10. 1850.

The Osborne Estate, on the Isle of Wight, was purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845. Work was started straight away on rebuilding Osborne House in the Italianate style, to designs by Prince Albert, and the royal family stayed there for lengthy periods each year. While staying at Osborne, Queen Victoria often spent time sketching in the grounds.

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