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Portraiture

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

Arthur

dated 5 Apr 1853

Lithograph | 21.0 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506521

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: studies of Queen Victoria's third son, Prince Arthur, in three different costumes. In the study to the left he is shown facing right with a flower in his hand. He is dressed in a hat and coat over a nineteenth-century child's dress. Inscribed below: Out walking. In the middle study he is shown dressed in the uniform of a Guardsmen, including bearskin hat. He is facing forward and holding one hand up to his forehead in a salute. Inscribed below: On Parade. In the study to the right he is facing left and dressed in a nineteenth-century child's dress. Inscribed below: At home. After a drawing by Queen Victoria, 980024.dl.

  • Creator(s)

    After Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (designer)

    Morin, Edmond (1824-1882) (lithographer)

    London : Day & Son (litho-printer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
  • 21.0 x 26.1 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Children
          • History of costume
            • Costume-19C
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Headgear
            • Hats
              • Bearskins (hats)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • lithographs