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Alice (Princess, 1843-1878). Study of theatrical costume, 1860, pen, ink, and watercolour, depicting two full length figures in Tudor dress, one a lady in a black and gold gown, matching head-dress, and white ruff, the other a young boy in black doublet and hose, with a blue sash around his waist, doffing his feather cap, signed lower left margin 'Alice 1860', 22 x 18 cm (8.75 x 7 ins), mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1) Provenance: Given by Queen Victoria to Miss Sarah Hildyard ('Tilla'), governess to the royal children; sold by her descendants at Sotheby's, 25th January, 1968, where purchased by the current owner. Princess Alice was the third child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and was the Grand Duchess of Hesse and Rhine from 1877 to 1878. The first of Queen Victoria's nine children to die, and one of three to be outlived by their mother, she was also the mother of Alexandra Feodorovna, (wife of Nicholas II of Russia), and uncle to Kaiser Wilhelm II.