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Cabinet second quarter nineteenth century

141.5 x 180.0 x 46.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41004

Grand Corridor Third Section, Osborne House

A rectangular breakfront cabinet of ebonised mahogany; three drawers in the frieze, with three glass panelled doors below, edged with gilt bronze panels framing bell flowers and rosettes; yellow marble top.

LAWRENCE MACDONALD (1799-1878)

Flora 1849

59.0 x 87.5 x 19.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41028

A white carrara marble bust of Flora, looking to her left, with a floral wreath in her hair and roses carved on the front of the square base.

Provenance

Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, 1849. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 458]

Psyche signed & dated 1849

58.5 x 37.0 x 23.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41027

Grand Corridor Third Section, Osborne House

A white carrara marble bust of Psyche looking to her right, her hair tied back; a butterfly is carved on the front of the square base.

Provenance

Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, 24th December 1849. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 458]

FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE (1810-92)

Castor and Pollux 1848

62.5 x 43.0 x 21.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41029

Grand Corridor Third Section, Osborne House

A bronze statuette of Castor and Pollux, standing at full-length, nude, laurel wreaths on their heads; they lean against each other to either side of a wreathed plinth, a statue of a goddess on a pedestal behind them; on a rectangular base. After the Roman sculpture in The Prado, Madrid.

Provenance

Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, 24th December 1848. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 456]
Or
Given to Prince Albert by Queen Victoria on his birthday 26th August 1844 [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 460]