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- Museum number
- 1902,1011.9089
- Title
- Object: The Duke presenting the casket to Prince Arthur
- Description
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Portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Arthur being given a jewelled casket by the Duke of Wellington; half length; the Queen, wearing the dress in which she opened the Great Exhibition in 1851, with fringe diadem, and Garter insignia, is holding the baby Prince, who clutches a bunch of lily of the valley; Prince Albert in background looking to left at the Crystal Palace in the background; the Duke of Wellington with back to viewer, in military uniform, holding out box; after F Winterhalter.
Etching, engraving, stipple, mixed media
- Production date
- 1851 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 162 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The casket is a piece of artistic licence, substituted for a cup and model of the royal throne, the presents actually given to Prince Arthur by his godfather, the Duke of Wellington, to mark the Prince's first birthday and also the opening of the Great Exhibition.
For incomplete etched state: 1902,1011.9088
Original in the Royal Collection titled “The First of May”: RCIN 406995 (Millar, cat. 827)
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: The Great Exhibition 1851
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.9089
