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AFTER SIR WILLIAM ROSS (1794-1860)

Her Royal Highness Victoria, Princess Royal

c. 1841-70

Colour stipple engraving | 23.3 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506478

A coloured stipple engraving from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: after a portrait watercolour of Victoria, Princess Royal as an infant, RCIN 913775. Three-quarter length, facing front in a frilled cap, necklace, gown, and sash; in a fictive frame surmounted by a crown.

  • Creator(s)

    After Sir William Ross (1794-1860) (artist)

    Henry Thomas Ryall (1811-67) (engraver)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

  • 23.3 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Humans
                • Babies (human)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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