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    AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)

    Bracelet with photographs of royal children

    1854-57

    Silver plated bracelet with photographic portraits | 1.7 x 20.3 x 0.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 52384

    This silver plated bracelet features photographs of paintings of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert's (1819-61) nine children. The portraits are framed and joined by double winged putti heads. The final portrait of Princess Beatrice is suspended by a single winged putto head.

    As the bracelet was given to Queen Victoria in 1854, it is likely the putto feature, holding a photographic portrait of Princess Beatrice, was added later, after her birth in 1857.

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