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Peasant girl in a cottage dated 24 May 1860

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24 May 1860

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A watercolour showing a peasant girl in a cottage. After a photograph. The girl is shown full-length, standing and leaning against a table. She is wearing peasant dress with a striped apron and frilled bonnet. A dead duck is shown in a basket to the lower right. Inscribed lower left: Helena. May 24 1860
Inscribed below mounted sheet: Copy from a photograph.
Queen Victoria's children often made cards and drawings for their parents as gifts on important dates, such as this drawing executed by Princess Helena for her mother's birthday on 24 May 1860.
This drawing is housed in one of two volumes, compiled by Queen Victoria and containing works presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by their nine children. For other items in the volume see Princes & Princesses album.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, bodycolour', 'pencil, watercolour, bodycolour (touches of)'
Additional Makers: Princess Helena, consort of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1846-1923) (artist)

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Europe