The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena

1848

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Based on an 1846 painting by Winterhalter in the Royal Collection, this lithograph represents Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their five children, the youngest Princess Helena. A curtain at upper right screens a terrace and garden and the scene is framed by potted plants.

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Title: The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena
Artist: Léon Alphonse Noël (French, 1807–1879)
Artist: After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)
Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
Sitter: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (British, London 1841–1910 London)
Sitter: Victoria, Princess Royal (British, London 1840–1901 Friedrichshof)
Sitter: Princess Alice Maud Mary of the United Kingdom (British, London 1843–1878 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse)
Sitter: Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (British, London 1846–1923 London)
Date: 1848
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 × 34 in. (73.7 × 86.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.191
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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