File:Dalip singh winterhalter.jpg

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Summary

The King <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Duleep_Singh" title="Duleep Singh">Duleep Singh</a>. Commissioned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, who noted in her journal on 10 July 1854 that "Winterhalter was in ecstasies at the beauty and nobility of bearing of the young Maharaja. He was very amiable and patient, standing so still and giving a sitting of upwards of 2 hrs'".

In the portrait, the Maharaja is shown wearing his diamond aigrette and star in his turban and a jewel-framed miniature of Queen Victoria by Emily Eden.

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current18:47, 13 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 18:47, 13 January 2017543 × 1,024 (213 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<div class="description"> <p>The King <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Duleep_Singh" title="Duleep Singh">Duleep Singh</a>. Commissioned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>, who noted in her journal on 10 July 1854 that "Winterhalter was in ecstasies at the beauty and nobility of bearing of the young Maharaja. He was very amiable and patient, standing so still and giving a sitting of upwards of 2 hrs'". </p> In the portrait, the Maharaja is shown wearing his diamond aigrette and star in his turban and a jewel-framed miniature of Queen Victoria by Emily Eden.</div>
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