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

Prince Alfred and Princess Alice

dated Feb 1846

Lithograph | 16.1 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506499

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: Prince Alfred and Princess Alice as infants; he stands full face holding a rattle, and she stands at his side, close to a small round table.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Edwin Dalton (active 1818-1858) (lithographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)

  • 16.1 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • lithographs
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