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      AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)

      'The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz'

      c. 1857

      Salted paper print | 10.9 x 8.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2917830

      Photograph of a painting of a near half length portrait of Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916) after a work by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73). The Duchess faces three-quarters to the right and gazes ahead, away from the viewer. She wears a hair covering, light colour dress and a dark colour shawl.

      Painting dates from 1846.

      • Creator(s)

        After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)

        Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Princess Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916)

      • 10.9 x 8.8 cm (image)

      • From an album compiled by Princess Helena

      • Subject(s)
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Flowering plants
                • Roses
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
              • cartes-de-visite
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