Princess Alice
- Artist
- Edwin Henry Landseer
- Date
- 1843
- Style
- Romanticism
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Royal Collection (Buckingham Palace)
The painting titled "Princess Alice" captures the delicate and somber portrait of Queen Victoria's daughter, showcasing her grace and innocence. Created on a canvas, the work exemplifies the qualities of genre painting by emphasizing her personality and emotional depth. Though inspired by Romanticism, it bears a restrained elegance characteristic of 19th-century portraiture. The use of rich Oil paints enhances the texture and depth, bringing Princess Alice's subdued expression to life and memorializing her as the first of Queen Victoria's children to pass away.
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