Signatures of Princesses Augusta, Mary Adelaide and Prince George
Information
Title
Signatures of Princesses Augusta, Mary Adelaide and Prince George
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/RoySig/22
Author or creator
Smith, Theresa Winifred (1841-1893)
Role
Artist
Date
1861
Scope & content
Decorative illustration with three signatures, featuring prince’s coronet above a wreath of largely blue flowers with a rose at the apex, and two interlocking acanthus scrolls one red, one blue, in a 'C' shape, entwined to suggest decorative legs of a stand.. TC: Signed: 'Augusta'; CL: Signed: 'Mary Adelaide'; CR: Signed: 'George'; LL: signed by the artist: 'T.W. Smith del.'; LR: 'Female School of Art'. Princess Augusta of Cambridge, (later Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (1822–1916), Life Member; Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, (later Duchess of Teck) (1833–1897), Life Member; Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819–1904), Life Member
Extent
1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). 35.5 cm x 23 cm (artwork); 52 cm x 41 cm (mount). watercolour (paint). vellum