The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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