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| Keywords: Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh with his family, Carl Rudolph Sohn, 1884.jpg de Alfred Duke of Edinburgh Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha mit seiner Familie Carl Rudolph Sohn 1884 Carl Rudolph was the son of Carl Ferdinand Sohn 1805-1867 ; the father was known to Queen Victoria through his portrait of the Queen of Hanover RCIN 405078 ; the son was employed by members of the Royal Family 1882-6 Alfred Duke of Edinburgh 1844-1900 was Queen Victoria ™s fourth child He is depicted here with his wife Marie and their two children also called Alfred and Marie The Duke is in the morning dress uniform of a Vice-Admiral and wearing the badges of St Patrick St Michael and St George the Star of India and St Vladimir of Russia The Duchess was not at all happy about having her portrait painted She wrote in a letter ˜Another dreadful bore awaits me The Queen has sent over her new court painter Herr Sohn who must produce a family group of the Duke myself and our two eldest children This is an aggravation of sorrow that fell upon me like a shell I am simply furious besides hating the long sittings I dislike still more having my pig-like face reproduced on canvas and handed over to posterity When I was a nice lively thin and fresh young lady I did not mind it so much but now His first sketch of me is monstrous as he was provided by the Queen with the most atrocious photographs that were ever made of me I was so horrified that I could not conceal it and the poor man does not quite know what he is to think about the whole business ™ 1884 The Royal Collection Carl Rudolph Sohn 1845-1908 other versions Custom license marker 2015 03 18 PD-old-100 Carl Rudolph Sohn 1883 portrait paintings Uploaded with UploadWizard 1884 portrait paintings Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
