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Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when Princess of Wales | Royal Collection Trust Creation Date: 1862- 1863 Royal Paintings, Princess Alexandra Of Denmark, Era Victoria, Alexandra Of Denmark, Queen Alexandra, Princess Alexandra, Victorian Art, Old Paintings, Classical Art

Princess Alexandra (1844–1925) or Alix, as she was known in the family, was Queen Victorias daughter-in-law. She married the Queens eldest son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and the future Edward VII, in 1863. This portrait was painted before she came over to England. Franz Xaver Winterhalter, the Queens favourite portrait painter, was ill at the time so Queen Victoria decided to get Lauchert (the next best) to go to Copenhagen to paint her. The Princes elder sister Victoria, the Crown…

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie; 5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837–1892), and his first wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843–1878), daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Darmstadt, Victoria Of Hesse, Queen Victoria Family, Victoria Reign, Princess Louise, Grand Duchess Olga, Princess Alice, Prince Phillip, Princess Beatrice

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, later Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie; 5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837–1892), and his first wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843–1878), daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Portrait of a Princess | Anon 1740 (Queen Charlotte} 1770s Fashion, German Royalty, 18th Century Portraits, Royal Collection Trust, Rococo Fashion, Court Dresses, Embroidered Lace Dress, The Royal Collection, 18th Century Fashion

George IV had this painting at Carlton House as a portrait of his mother, Queen Charlotte, which does not seem likely. The image can be dated to c. 1740 by the very distinctive lace sleeve, but neither sitter nor artist can be securely identified and both are more likely to be German than English. The sitter is shown in a richly laced embroidered dress and ermine-lined robe around her shoulders, wearing rich jewels in powdered hair, round neck and at breast; a coronet is placed to her left.

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