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| Keywords: Louise of Prussia by William Charles Bell (1856, Royal coll.).jpg Princess Louise of Prussia Grand Duchess of Baden 1838-1923 William Charles Bell trained as an enamel painter in Geneva before securing his first royal commission in March 1850 From then onwards he was employed constantly by Queen Victoria for almost 50 years painting enamel miniatures often copied after Franz Xaver Winterhalter ™s oil portraits for her own collection and for distribution as gifts His enamels were usually smaller than those by Henry Pierce Bone William Essex or John Simpson whose services she had previously employed and many were set into items of jewellery particularly Maid of Honour brooches Queen Victoria ™s last payment to Bell in July 1899 was for ˜6 Miniatures on Gold for Maid of Honour brooches ™ Owing to his advanced years the Queen then gave him no further work but awarded him an annual pension of £20 Bell's enamel is a reduced head and shoulders copy after Ross ™s bust-length miniature of Princess Louise painted shortly before her marriage in 1856 420417 Queen Victoria wrote in her Journal at the time Ross ™s miniature was painted ˜Louise is much grown has a sweet charming ex-pression pretty figure ™ Journal 10 July 1856 Louise Princess of Prussia only daughter of William I King of Prussia and from 1871 Emperor of Germany and Augusta daughter of Charles Frederick Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach married on 20 September 1856 Frederick I Grand Duke of Baden She had two sons and a daughter Victoria who became Queen of Sweden as consort to Gustav V Signed dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel in black paint Louise of Prussia / grand duchess / of Baden / b Šn 1833 sic / Bell after Sir W Šm Ross / 1856 http //www royalcollection org uk/collection/421348/princess-louise-of-prussia-grand-duchess-of-baden-1838-1923 Inscribed 1856 William Charles Bell Princess Louise of Prussia Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Portrait miniatures in the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom Images from the Royal Collection of the United Kingdom William Charles Bell PD-old | ||||
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