Mlle Proche Giubelei 1833
Wood, silk gauze, velvet, wool, ribbon | 16.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 72349
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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Mlle Proche Giubelei 1833
Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2024. Photograph: Museum of London
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Female doll; wooden; jointed; wearing a broad brimmed velvet hat with scarlet ribbon, scarlet bodice, gauze puffed sleeves, full gauze skirt and apron trimmed with scarlet ribbon.
Provenance
As a child, Princess Victoria (later Queen) made over one hundred dolls with the help of her governess Baroness Louise Lehzen. Most of these dolls survive in the Royal Collection today, after having been carefully packed away by the Princess once she reached her fourteenth birthday. Some dolls represent historic figures or friends of the Princess, but most represent characters from the ballet and from the opera, which Princess Victoria attended regularly, making notes on the various costumes worn, and drawing them once she returned to Kensington Palace. These drawings were then used to help design the dolls' outfits. The dancer Marie Taglioni (1804-84) is the one of the most commonly featured people, usually appearing dressed as a character from a ballet or opera, but she is not the only dancer amongst the collection of the dolls. This doll represents Mlle Proche Giubelei as she appeared in the ballet, 'La Sonnambula' in 1833.
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Medium and techniques
Wood, silk gauze, velvet, wool, ribbon
Measurements
16.0 cm (whole object)