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Mrs Bray dated Jan 1849

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Jan 1849

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A watercolour showing the nurse to Queen Victoria's children, Mrs Bray. She is shown three-quarter-length, facing right. She is shown standing with a green shawl draped over one arm. She is wearing a deep pink nineteenth-century style dress and matching cap. Inscribed below: Mrs Bray. Inscribed lower right: VR del from nature. Jan: 1849.
Mrs Bray first entered Queen Victoria's household in 1846 as wet nurse to the Queen's third daughter Princess Helena. Mrs Bray continued to act as nurse to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's younger children.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'