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    AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)

    The cousins: Queen Victoria and Victoire, Duchesse de Nemours

    c. 1855

    Salted paper print | 10.3 x 7.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2915691

    Photograph of a painting of a half-length double portrait of Queen Victoria and her cousin, Victoire, Duchesse de Nemours.

    The painting, dated 1852, is held in the Royal Collection, RCIN 404875.

    • Creator(s)

      After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)

      Subject(s)

      Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duchess of Nemours (1822-57)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

    • 10.3 x 7.7 cm (image)

    • Acquired and arranged by Prince Arthur

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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