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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Medals of the Royal Children

1892 copy after an original of 1850

Carbon print | 9.9 x 8.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2905884

Photograph of seven medals or cameos of the heads of seven of Queen Victoria's children. Clockwise from top: Princess Royal (Victoria) (1840-1901), later Empress Friedrich; Princess Alice (1843-78), later Duchess of Hesse; Princess Alice, Princess Louise (1848-1939), later Duchess of Argyll; Prince Arthur (1850-1942), later Duke of Connaught; Princess Helena (1846-1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein; Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910), later King Edward VII; Prince Alfred (1844-1900), later Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.

  • Creator(s)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Leonard Charles Wyon (1826-91) (sculptor)

    Subject(s)

    King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
    Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

  • 9.9 x 8.0 cm (image)

  • Collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Cameos
    • People
      • Children
      • Boys
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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