QUEEN VICTORIA GOLDEN JUBILEE FAN
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Extraordinary fan made by Duvelleroy of Paris signed by 42 members of the Royal Families of Europe at the Banquet for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
in the following order: "Elisabeth Grande Duchesse de Russie" (Alexandra Louise Alice, 1864-1918, Grand Duchess of Russia, daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, wife of Sergei of Russia, became a nun and was murdered by the Bolshevik's Victoria's Granddaugher), "Marie Duchesse d'Edimbourg" (Maria Alexandrovna, 1853-1920, Grand Duchess, wife of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, daughter of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, Victoria's daughter-in-law), "Albert", (Albert I, 1828-1902, from 1873 King of Saxony) "Grand Duc Serge de Russie" (Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovitch, 1857-1905, assassinated when Governor of Moscow, Victoria's son-in-law), "Victoria R.I.", "Leópold" (Leópold II, 1835-1909, from 1865 King of the Belgians, his backing of Sir H. M. STANLEY led to the founding of the Belgian Congo, Victoria's Cousin), "Heinrich, Prinz von Preußen", (of Prussia, 1862-1929, Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy, Son of Friedrich III and Victoria, Empress Frederick, Victoria's Grandson), "Friedrich Wilhelm," (Friedrich III, Crown Prince of Germany, 1831-1888, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Emperor of Germany for 99 days), "Victoria A. M. L" (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, Empress Frederick, Crown Princess of Germany at this time, 1840-1901, Eldest daughter of Queen Victoria), "Marie Henriette" (1836-1902, from 1853 Wife of Leopold II of the Belgians, Youngest daughter of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary), "Alexandra" (of Denmark, 1844-1925, Queen of Edward VII), "Albert Edward" (1841-1910, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII), "Marie Leiningen", ( 1834-1899, née Princess of Baden, wife of Ernst IV of Leingen, 1830-1904, 4th Prince of), "Christian P", (Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, 1831-1917, Victoria's son-in-law), "George" (later George V, 1865-1936, King of Great Britain, Victoria's grandson), "Antonio", (4th Duke of Galliera and an Infante of Spain, 1866-1930, grandson of Louis Philippe), "Victoria" (Victoria Alexandra, 1868-1935, Princess, Daughter of Edward VII, Victoria's granddaughter), "Louise" (Alexandra Dagmar, 1867-1931, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, Daughter of Edward VII, Victoria's granddaughter), "Victoria Battenberg" (Victoria Eugenia, 1887-1969, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria, daughter of Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Prince Henry, Wife (1906) of Alfonso XIII of Spain), "Maud"(Charlotte Mary Victoria, 1869-1938, Princess, Daughter of Edward VII, Queen of Norway, Victoria's granddaughter), (in Greek letters) "Georgios" (Prince George of Greece, 1869-1957, 2nd Son of George I), "Konstantinos" (Constantine I,18682nd-1923, Duke of Sparta, son of George I of Greece), "Henry of Battenberg" (Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg, 1858-1896, Colonel, husband, 1878, of Princess Beatrice, Victoria's son-in-law), "Rodolphe" (1858-1889, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary who shot himself at Meyerling), "Victoria" (Princess of Prussia, 1866-1929, 2nd Daughter of Frederick III, Emperor of Prussia, grand-daughter of Queen Victoria), "Sophie" (Dorothea Ulrica, 1870-1932, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia), "Irène" (Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1866-1953, daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine and Princess Alice, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Prince Henry of Prussia, Victoria's granddaughter), "Margaretta", (Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, 'Mossy', Victoria's grandaughter), "Charlotte" (Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, 1860-1919, daughter of Frederick III of Prussia, Victoria's granddaughter), "Helen" (of Waldeck & Pyrmont, 1861-1922, Princess, wife of Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany), "Beatrice", (Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria, wife of Henry of Battenberg), "Alfred" (Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg Gotha, 1844-1900, 2nd Son of Queen Victoria), "Louise Margaret" (Alexandra Victoria, 1860-1917, Daughter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught), "Arthur" (Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942, Son of Queen Victoria, Governor General of Canada), "Amedeo di Savoia", (formerly Amadeo I of Spain, 1845-1890, the only King of Spain from the house of Savoy, second son of Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy, Duke of Aosta),"Ernst v Hessen", (Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, 1868-1937, eldest son of Louis IV and Princess Alice, Victoria's grandson), "Louise" (1848-1939, Princess, Marchioness of Lorne, Daughter of Queen Victoria, Duchess of Argyll), "Carlos, Duque de Braganca", (1863-1908, from 1889 King Carlos I of Portugal, assassinated in 1908), "Lorne" (John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, 1845-1914, Governor-General of Canada, 9th Duke of Argyll) and "Amelia Duqueza de Braganca" (1864-1951, daughter of Prince Louis Philippe, Count of Paris, his Queen). The fan dates from the end of the 19th century and is made of pink glazed paper with black lacquered guards decorated with gilt and silver impressed foliage, 12 inches high, Buckingham Palace, 20th June
beautifully framed and glazed with museum glass
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
55075
£47500
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