Right hand of H.R.H Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstdt
Sculpture
ca. 1850 - ca. 1855 (made)
ca. 1850 - ca. 1855 (made)
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This plaster model is the right hand of H.R.H Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstdt. These casts were taken from the subject when a child. Princess Alice was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Though the present piece and Mus. Nos. 1892-128, 1892-127:2 and 1892-89 were acquired with a series of casts of hands through the Executors of the late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, those objects have been catalogued as unattributed, since they were executed before 1862 when Boehm settled in London.
Though the present piece and Mus. Nos. 1892-128, 1892-127:2 and 1892-89 were acquired with a series of casts of hands through the Executors of the late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, those objects have been catalogued as unattributed, since they were executed before 1862 when Boehm settled in London.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Right hand of H.R.H Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstdt (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Right hand, plaster, of H.R.H. Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt, by an unknown artist, England, ca 1850-5 |
| Physical description | Plaster cast, right hand taken when the subject was a child. |
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| Credit line | Given by the executors of Sir J. E. Boehm |
| Object history | Given by the executors of Sir J. E Boehm in 1892. Though the present piece and Mus. Nos. 1892-128, 1892-127:2 and 1892-89 were acquired with a series of casts of hands through the Executors of the late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, those objects have been catalogued as unattributed, since they were executed before 1862 when Boehm settled in London. |
| Summary | This plaster model is the right hand of H.R.H Princess Alice Maud Mary, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Saxony, later Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstdt. These casts were taken from the subject when a child. Princess Alice was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Though the present piece and Mus. Nos. 1892-128, 1892-127:2 and 1892-89 were acquired with a series of casts of hands through the Executors of the late Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, those objects have been catalogued as unattributed, since they were executed before 1862 when Boehm settled in London. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie. British Sculpture 1470-2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, p. 447, cat.no. 738 |
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| Accession number | REPRO.1892:1-127 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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