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Description Princess Patricia of Connaught, later Lady Ramsay
1886 - 1974
A Temple in?Sri Lanka
signed with initials lower left:?VPR
oil on board
40.5 x 35.5 cm.
Condition Report There is some minor wear to the framing edges. There are some specks of surface dirt, otherwise the work appears in good condition and ready to hang.
UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no obvious signs of retouching.
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Notes Princess Patricia was the daughter of Queen Victoria's third son, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife The Princess Louise of Prussia. As a young girl she lived with her parents in India and Canada where her father was Governor General. She had a deep affinity with that country and became Colonel in Chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (the last private regiment raised in the British Empire). She held the position through her long life and when she died in 1974 she was succeeded by her cousin, goddaughter and namesake Patricia, Countess Mountbatten. In Canada she is also commemorated by Lake Patricia in Alberta and The Patricia State Highway in British Columbia. She was a talented watercolourist: her work often inspired as here by her extensive travels.