Lot 67: Sir William Boxall (1800-1879)

Sir William Boxall (1800-1879)
Portrait of Prince Albert, The Prince Concort (1819-1861), half-length, in a black coat, wearing the ribbon of the Thistle; a study
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
31½ x 25¾ in. (80 x 65.5 cm.)
oval

O. Millar, Pictures in The Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, The Victorian Pictures, Cambridge, 1992, p. 205

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This is almost certainly a study for the portrait by Boxall, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, 1859, no. 81. It was given by Queen Victoria to Princess Louise in 1899. For many years the picture was considered to be a study by John Phillip for his portrait of the Prince Consort painted for The Town Council of Aberdeen and exhibited in the Royal Academy, London, 1858, (no. 78) and was recorded as such in Acquistions made by Queen Victoria, 1827-1862, p. 73, Inventory (no. 780).