<p>Charlotte (Alexandra Feodorovna), Empress of Russia, with her eldest children, Alexander and Maria
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Dawe here cleverly recycles a design from one of his earliest royal portaits, that of Princess Charlotte (RCIN 406478), adding two children in place of a portfolio and shawl. The result is a magnificent Neo-Classical reworking of a formula which goes back to Van Dyck.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:George_Dawe" class="extiw" title="w:en:George Dawe"><span title="British artist (1781-1829)">George Dawe</span></a>
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