Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) Dated 1840
Oil on canvas | 91.2 x 71.0 x 2.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406707
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This portrait of Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent, is a copy by Herbert Smith of a miniature portrait by Sir William Ross which is in the Royal Collection and was painted about 1836.
Inscribed on the back as painted after a prototype by Ross, 1840.Provenance
Presented by the sitter to Queen Victoria; recorded in the Queen's Private Apartments at Buckingham Palace in 1868
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
91.2 x 71.0 x 2.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)