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 | Dulcinea Del Toboso by Charles Robert Leslie 1839 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | Leslie, Charles Robert |  The title of this painting comes from Cervantes' comic novel Don Quixote (1605). The fanciful aristocratic name 'Dulcinea Del Toboso' was given by Don Quixote to a pretty peasant woman. The eccentric Don believed that he was her protector and she was a 'great lady or Princess'. She was unaware of his fantasies. |
 | Griselda by Charles Robert Leslie 1840 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | Leslie, Charles Robert | Here Leslie has illustrated a character from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The long-suffering heroine Griselda in 'The Clerk's Tale' was a popular subject with 19th-century artists becuase she represented patience and loyalty, both considered to be desirable character traits in Victorian women, especially wives. The same sitter appears in a... |
 | The Toilette by Charles Robert Leslie ca. 1849 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | Leslie, Charles Robert | This picture was also called The Necklace. The sitter was reputedly a beauty of mixed Irish and Spanish descent, famous for her 'raven black hair and arched eyebrows'. She also sat for Leslie's picture of Griselda |
 | The Principal Characters In The Merry Wives Of Windsor by Charles Robert Leslie ca. 1838 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | Leslie, Charles Robert | |
 | Princess Mary by Charles James Turrell 1912 Victoria and Albert Museum London, UK | Turrell, Charles James | The Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965) was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. She was the sixth holder of the title of Princess Royal. Mary held the title of princess with the style... |
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