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Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia: The late Queen of Prussia

Fashion Plate
April 1834 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia, depicted half-length, full face, wearing a pearl necklace and a diadem.


Object details

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Object type
TitleLouisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia: The late Queen of Prussia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stipple engraving and aquatint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia (1776-1810) wearing a pearl necklace. Stipple engraving and aquatint, published London, 1834.
Physical description
Portrait of Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia, depicted half-length, full face, wearing a pearl necklace and a diadem.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 22.9cm
  • Cut to width: 15.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia; The late Queen of Prussia. From a Picture in the Possession of the King of Prussia.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Capt. H. P. Chichester-Clark
Object history
This print is the frontispiece to Number 121, Volume II of The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons…, published in London, April 1834.
Historical context
Louisa Augusta Wilhelmina Amelia (1776-1810) was the wife of Frederick William III of Prussia.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1704-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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