. English: Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1920) Based on a full-length portrait by Gustav Richter (1823 – 84), signed and dated 1874 (405024; Royal Collection). Queen Victoria was very complimentary in her assessment of the likeness in Richter’s portrait: ‘Richter’s Picture of Marie wh. arrived on Sunday is really a beautiful one – so well painted – & so like every one says’ (RA VIC/ADDU/32/20, January 1874). The young Duchess of Edinburgh herself did not so easily impress everyone at Queen Victoria’s court, however, Sir Henry Ponsonby referring to her
. English: Marie Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, Duchess of Edinburgh (1853-1920) Based on a full-length portrait by Gustav Richter (1823 – 84), signed and dated 1874 (405024; Royal Collection). Queen Victoria was very complimentary in her assessment of the likeness in Richter’s portrait: ‘Richter’s Picture of Marie wh. arrived on Sunday is really a beautiful one – so well painted – & so like every one says’ (RA VIC/ADDU/32/20, January 1874). The young Duchess of Edinburgh herself did not so easily impress everyone at Queen Victoria’s court, however, Sir Henry Ponsonby referring to her as ‘the spoilt daughter of a semi-Eastern despot’ (RA VIC/ADDA/36/585). Signed on the left with initials (scratched out): DM and inscribed on the reverse in ink: HRH / The Duchess of / Edinburgh / after Gustav Richter / By D. Mossman . circa 1874. David Mossman (1825-1906) 856 Maria Alexandrovna of Edinburgh by David Mossman (, Royal coll.)
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