Album of designs painted by Alexandra, Princess of Wales, incorporating photographs, 1866-1869

Institution

Royal Collection Trust

Object description:

Collage album consisting of albumen photographs arranged and adhered to twenty-nine hand-coloured pages by Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), when Princess Alexandra of Wales. This is one of two similar albums on which the Princess worked in the 1860s, which display her skill as a watercolour painter and designer. The other, which was unfinished, is now in the collection at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. The floral design includes photographs of the Princess’s four elder children.

Object/Work type:

photograph albums
photographs
collages (visual works)

Cultural Heritage type:

Information Forms (hierarchy name)
Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

London - United Kingdom

Object measurements:

26.4 x 36.2 cm (page dimensions). 28.0 x 38.5 x 5.5 cm (album)

Production

Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925) (photographer; artist; compiler)

Date: c.1866-9

Place: England

Material/Technique: Watercolour and albumen prints

Provenance

Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925) (Acquirer)

Material/Technique: [None]

Subject/theme:

Kingdom, Alexandra, King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, Edward VII, King of Great Britain, Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, son of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, grandson of George III, King of the United Kingdom, House of Hanover, Eduard, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 2s.Bernhard P/S-W-E, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale, 1st son of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, King George V, King of the United Kingdom, House of Windsor, Windsor, House of, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, wife of John, 9th Duke of Argyll, 4th daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Victoria of Wales, 2nd daughter of Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, Victoria, Princess of Great Britain, Augusta, Princess, Cs/Dornburg, w.Eduard P/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, d.5D/Richmond, Patti, Adelina, Charlotte, Princess, Lgvne/Hesse-Cassel-Rumpenheim, cons.W Lgv/H-C-R, d.F P/Denmark, 1789-1864, Wilhelm, Lgv/Hesse-Cassel-Rumpenheim, 1s.F Lgv/H-C-R, gs.F2 Lgv/Hesse-Cassel, 1787-1867, Christian IX, King of Denmark, 4th son of Wilhelm D/Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, Louise, Queen, consort of King Christian IX of Denmark, 3rd daughter of Wilhelm Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel, Louise, Queen consort of Christian IX, Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, 1st son of King Christian IX of Denmark, Valdemar, Prince, of Denmark, 3rd son of King Christian IX of Denmark, Crown Princess Thyra of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland, Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg, consort of Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, Empress Maria Feodorovna, consort of Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 2nd daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 2nd son of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, George I, King of the Hellenes, 2nd son of King Christian IX of Denmark, Queen Olga, consort of George I, King of the Hellenes, 1st daughter of Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 2nd son of Queen Victoria, Major-General Sir Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, Constance Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Westminster, wife of Hugh Lupus 1st Duke of Westminster, daughter of 2nd Duke of Sutherland, John Brown, Prince Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany, 4th son of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught, 3rd son of Queen Victoria, Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Royal Collection Trust