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AFTER SIR WILLIAM ROSS (1794-1860)

The Prince of Wales, 1846

dated 1846

Lithograph | 24.0 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506501

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, as a child; seated, turned to the right, with his face turned three quarters to the right; holding a rabbit on his lap. Inscribed and dated below. After a watercolour by Sir William Ross: RCIN 913813.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (lithographer)

    Subject(s)

    King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)

  • 24.0 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Rabbits
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • lithographs
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