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    GIROUX

    Royal Family. Important Occasions. 1837-1885

    1850-85

    Leather bound album | 26.5 x 35.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2905576

    Burgundy leather-bound album of photographs (RCINs 2905577-2905701) relating to important occasions, including weddings, confirmations and christenings. The front cover of the album features five oval miniature pictures of ancient buildings in a tooled gold border.

    • Creator(s)

      Giroux (binder)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence & Avondale (1864-92)
      Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917)
      Princess Helena, Duchess of Albany (1861-1922)
      Marie, Princess of Battenberg (1852-1923)
      Julie, Princess of Battenberg (1825-95)
      Alexander, Prince of Hesse (1823-88)
      Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863-1950)
      Princess Louise, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
      Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
      Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, Duchess Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1853-1920)
      Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
      Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858-96)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1831-1917)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)
      Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
      Alexander I, Prince of Bulgaria (1857-93)
      Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868-1935)
      Queen Maud of Norway (1869-1938)
      Princess Irene of Prussia (1866-1953)
      Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1872-1918)
      Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine (1868-1937)
      Princess Marie Louise (1872-1956)
      Princess Helena Victoria (1870-1948)
      Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia (1876-1936)
      Queen Marie of Romania (1875-1938)
      Princess Alexandra (1878-1942)

    • 26.5 x 35.0 cm (whole object)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Social sciences
        • Ethnology
          • Social customs
            • Marriage
              • Bridesmaids
                • Royal bridesmaids
              • Wedding ceremonies
              • Wedding breakfasts
              • Wedding Ceremonial Costume
                • Wedding dresses
              • Royal Weddings
          • Public life
            • Coronations
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
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            • Cakes
              • Wedding cakes
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          • Secular architecture
            • Triumphal arches
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      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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