Princess Alice as 'Spring'

c.1880 copy of an original of 10 Feb 1854

Salted paper print | 18.7 x 14.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2900024

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice s, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78), standing, facing towards the camera. She carries a basket of flowers in her left hand and wears flowers in her hair. Princess Alice is dressed as the embodiment of Spring for a Tableaux of the Seasons performed at Windsor.