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    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) later Princess Henry of Battenburg

    1860-70

    Watercolour over photograph on card | 2.6 x 2.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420299

    Miniature of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), depicted half-length, aged about four years old. She wears a white lace dress, floral headdress and a coral necklace and holds a basket of flowers in her right hand.

    • Creator(s)

      John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)

    • 2.6 x 2.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)

      3.5 x 3.1 cm (frame, external)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • miniatures (paintings)
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