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Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool
Title
Victoria, Duchess of Nemours (1822–1857)
Date
1881–1883
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 61 x W 229 x D (?) cm
Accession number
WAG 1994.129
Acquisition method
purchased by the Walker Art Gallery with the assistance of the Art Fund, 1994
Work type
Statue
Signature/marks description
signed: H Chapu
Inscription description
inscribed front top of base: HIC JACET TOT LUC… TUOSIS DOMUS AURELIANENSIS ADDITA FUNERIBUS VICTORIA AUGUSTA ANTONIA DE SAXE-COBOURG-GOTHA DUCISSA DE NEMOURS QUAE EGREGIO ANIMI CANDORE IT FORMAE DECORE AEQUE SPECTABILIS; inscribed base right: IN UTRAQUE FORTUNA MITIS ET HUMILIS CORDILERIA IN DEUMET; inscribed base back: IN PARENTES CONJUX ET MATER AMANTISSIMA ET DESIDERATISSAMAE ...; inscribed base left: MDCCCLVII. ӔTATITIS XXXV REQUIESCAT IN PACE
