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GERMAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
GERMAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY A frame containing six portrait miniatures of members of the House of Hanover, clockwise from top left: Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818-1907), consort of George V of Hanover, in off-the-shoulder red dress, drop-pearl earring and pearl necklace; George V, last King of Hanover (1819-1878) in blue military uniform, wearing the breast-star of an order; George V of Hanover, in blue military uniform, wearing the sash and breast-star of an order, holding a plumed helmet in his right hand; Frederica, Duchess of Cumberland, Queen of Hanover (1778-1841), mother of George V, in an off-the-shoulder red dress, wearing a diamond tiara, pearl and sapphire necklace, the ribbon of the Royal Prussian Order of Louise and a portrait miniature in a diamond frame; Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1769-1829), George V's uncle by marriage, in red uniform as Colonel of 4th Regiment of Hussars, wearing the ribbon and badge of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria Theresa, badges of Alexander Nevsky and Red Eagle, blue ribbon and breast-star of the Russian Order of St Andrew and the Order of St George, chain and breast-star of the Hungarian Order of St Stephen, and two others; and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1771-1831), father of George V, in military uniform with gold frogging and large fur collar, wearing breast-stars On ivory Ovals, ranging from 32 mm. high to 110 mm. high, all in gilt-metal mounts with gilt-metal scroll labels detailing the name and dates of each sitter, all six set into a larger rectangular velvet panel in a gilt-metal frame