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This peculiarly tender double portrait of two young sisters encircled by a wreath of lilies derives from images of the Virgin Mary surrounded by flowers (see for example RCIN 405615). The lilies are symbolic of purity, as is the general whiteness of the image; the way the two girls seem to grow together, like flowers on the same stalk suggests their love for each other. Princess Helena (1846-1923), nicknamed Lenchen, was the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert…

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