Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Princess Alix of Hesse
c. 1860Albumen print mounted on card | 10.5 x 6.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418638
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Princess Alix of Hesse, later Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) seated, facing towards the camera. She looks towards the right. She holds her hands in her lap. She wears a light coloured dress with lace decoration and a locket on a dark ribbon.
Photograph contained in an envelope marked 'Alicky, May 14 1875'.
Creator(s)
Hills & Saunders (1852-2019) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1872-1918)annotation: REGISTERED/ HILLS &SAUNDERS [break] ETON [beneath work]
annotation: By appointment to Her Majesty/ HILLS & SAUNDERS PHOTOGRAPHERS/ ETON/ ALSO/ LONDON HARROW OXFORD CAMBRIDGE/ ALL COMMUNICATIONS RESPECTING THIS PHOTOGRAPH/ TO BE ADDRESS TO ETON [verso]
10.5 x 6.3 cm (whole object)
A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the photograph was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'
Subject(s)
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- People
