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Object Type
Museum number: 1926,0109.98
Title: Object: The closing scene of "Der Hahnenschlag"
Description: Full-length portrait of Royal children in costume; a boy and a girl in the foreground, four other children in the background, set in a pastoral scene; performing German comedy play. 1852 Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name: After: Queen Victoria; Print made by: Thomas Fairland; Printed by: M & N Hanhart
School/style
Production date: 1852
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 370 millimetres (ruled border); Width: 280 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The play is a German comedy by August von Kotzebue. In Queen Victoria's Journal: 'Finished my picture of the Children's Play, the "Hahnenschlag", which really is very fair now.' (Journal, 4th May, 1852) Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: Victoria, Empress Frederick of Germany; Portrait of: Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom; Portrait of: Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Portrait of: Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll; Portrait of: Princess Helena Augusta Victoria; Associated with: August von Kotzebue
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1926
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1926,0109.98

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