Victoria, the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia
CultureEnglish
Date1857
MediumGlazed earthenware with polychrome enamel decorations and gilding
DimensionsOverall: 12 5/8 × 7 × 3 3/4 inches (32.07 × 17.78 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William H. Chapman
Object number35-425
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DescriptionPrince Frederick William of Prussia dressed in a white military uniform stands beside Victoria the Princess Royal, who wears a dress having a yellow skirt, decorated with enameled floral and abstract designs, holding a reticule in her left hand..Exhibition HistoryCastles, Cottages, and Crime, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, July 10 2021–March 06 2022, no cat.
With Horace Dawes, Lonsdale Gallery, Windermere, England, as Group of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, by August 23, 1924 [1]
Purchased from Dawes by Margaret Cameron Chapman (née Mann, 1865-1935), Kansas City, MO, August 23, 1924-1935;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] According to Dawes' invoice, Nelson-Atkins Registration files, this object "was bought by me from an old farm house in Langdale where it has been for very many years."
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