After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Princess Louise with Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold, when children 1856 - 1902
Oil on canvas | 127.5 x 88.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 403889
Dining Room, Osborne House
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This is a copy of the portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter of Princess Louise with Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold (RCIN 403193).
Princess Louise (1848?1939) was the sixth of Queen Victoria's nine children. Beautiful and artistic, as an adult she supported the women's movement and helped launch the Girls Public Day School Company. Prince Arthur (1850?1942), was the third son and seventh of the nine children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was born on 1 May 1850, the birthday of his godfather, the Duke of Wellington, after whom he was named. He had a career in the army and became Governor-General of Canada. Prince Leopold (1853?84) was the fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A scholarly child, he attended Christ Church College in Oxford. He was a haemophiliac, suffered from epilepsy and died at the age of 31.
Signed: B. West Loehlein / after / F. Winterhalter. -
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Oil on canvas
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127.5 x 88.6 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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Princess Louise, later Marchioness of Lorne & Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939), Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) & Prince Leopold, later Duke of Albany (1853-1884), when children.
