THE PRINCESS VICTORIA GOURAMMA OF COORG

Circa 1850s

Uncoloured Lithograph on paper

11.75 x 8.25 in   |  30 x 21.2 cm

Engraving based on a painting by F. Winterhalter.

Victoria Gouramma [1841-64] was the daughter of the ruler of Coorg who was deposed by the British. She went to England with her father, who wanted to plead with Queen Victoria for the return of his wealth. Gouramma was baptised at Buckingham Palace in 1852 and given the Queen's name. In 1858 Queen Victoria was trying to find a suitor for her. There was an expectation that she would be a suitable wife for Maharaja Duleep Singh, another deposed Indian royal then in England, who had also embraced Christianity, but he declined.

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