Charles Landseer 1799-1879

London, Royal Academy, 1832, no. 272

STRUCTURE Original canvas. CATALOGUE COMPARISON The illustration is broadly representive but the colours are more vibrant in reality. PAINT SURFACE The paint surface is in good overall condition but would beneift from a light clean. ULTRAVIOLET UV light reveals patches of old retouching to the skirt, lower right and a few spots to the prince's face. There is no evidence of further retouching but an old varnish prevents further reading. FRAME Held in an ornate plaster gilt frame in good condition.
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When this picture was exhibited at the Royal Academy as the young Landseer's second exhibit there in 1832, it was accompanied by a description which reads; 'The gentleman, however, who brought the slipper, turned round and looked at Cinderella, and observing that she was very handsome, said, that as he was ordered by the prince to try it on the foot of every one till he found her whom it fitted, it was but just that Cinderella should have her turn. Saying this, he made her sit down, and putting the slipper to her foot it instantly slipped in, and he saw it fitted like wax.'