Robert Antoine Müller (active 1872-83)
Princess Louise of Prussia (1860-1917), Duchess of Connaught Signed and dated 1879
Oil on canvas | 51.0 x 43.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 408972
Queen's Dressing Room & Bathroom, Osborne House
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Head and shoulders, in profile to the left, her head turned half left; wearing a low-cut white evening dress with a ruby and diamond star on her breast, a pearl and diamond locket on a gold chain about her neck and the badge of the Order of Louise.
A copy by Robert A. Müller from the same type as RCIN 405022. Given by the Duke of Connaught to Queen Victoria on her birthday, 24 May 1879, and placed in her Dressing-Room at Osborne.
Inscribed on the back with the sitter's age (nineteen), the date, 1879, and as copied in that year by Müller after Von Angeli.Provenance
Given by the Duke of Connaught to Queen Victoria, 1879
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
51.0 x 43.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
72.4 x 64.7 x 6.5 cm (frame, external)