Osborne was an important setting for early royal photography
Hughes & Mullins: Ryde, Isle of Wight
Japanese Scene 1891
RCIN 2810107
Further tableaux created on this occasion at Osborne House show the Duke and Duchess of Connaught with their children in Japanese costume. Queen Victoria noted in her diary:
The Tableaux were most successful … The Children were quite charming in their Japanese dresses; Patsy, with an enormous bow on her back & a fan, was too delightful.
Queen Victoria's Journal, 8 January 1891
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