'Princess Victoria'; Princess Victoria (1863-1950)

Apr 1863

Albumen print handcoloured with watercolour | 9.1 x 7.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914314

Hand-coloured photograph of the infant Princess Victoria (1863-1950), daughter of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-78), lying in a cot decorated with red ribbon. Photograph taken at Windsor Castle, where Princess Victoria was born on Easter Sunday, 1863. The caption states that Princess Victoria is aged three weeks in this photograph.