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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Queen Victoria's children as drawn by Queen Victoria

c. 1855

Carbon print | 16.6 x 20.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2905886

Photograph of a painting by Queen Victoria of her children performing in the play 'The Tragedy of Athalie' on the 10th February 1852 (RCIN 403670). Included are Princess Victoria (1840-1901), later Empress Friedrich, Princess Helena (1846-1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910), later King Edward VII, Princess Alice (1843-78), later Duchess of Hesse, Prince Alfred (1844-1900), later Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise (1848-1939), later Duchess of Argyll.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
    Princess Helena (1846-1923)
    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

  • 16.6 x 20.0 cm (image)

  • Collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Literature
        • Drama
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Art
        • Drawings
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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