AT COBURG FOR THE WEDDING [VICTORIA (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain), NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Tsar of Russia from 1894) & ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA (1872-1918, the Tsarina)]

Magnificent Group Photograph, by E. Uhlenhuth of Coburg, unsigned, taken of the Queen, (seated, nearly full face) and her relations, thirty people in all, in six rows outside a bay window at Coburg, two days after the wedding of the Queen's granddaughter Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg, (1876-1936, daughter of Prince Alfred), to her first cousin Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse, (1868-1937, son of Princess Alice), and one day after the engagement of the future Nicholas II and Princess Alix of Hesse, who are seen together in the fourth row, 14¾" x 11¾" on original mount 17" x 13", Palace, Coburg, 21st April old closed horizontal crack at approximately one third from foot expertly silked, crossing the faces of the two youngest princesses but their images remain very clear

On the back row: Prince Louis of Battenberg (with beard and bowler hat); Grand Duke Paul (son of Alexander II, with moustache and bowler hat); Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (with beard and bowler hat); Count Alphonse Mensdorff (with top hat); Marie (Crown Princess of Roumania); Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Roumania (in military uniform); Elisabeth ('Ella', Grand Duchess Sergei); Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Second row: Prince Henry of Battenberg (military uniform, with beard); Louise, Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Grand Duke Sergei (son of Alexander II, with light-coloured tie); Grand Duke Vladimir (son of Alexander II, with side whiskers and bowler hat); Arthur, Duke of Connaught (military uniform).
Third row: Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (military uniform); the Prince of Wales (Edward VII, military uniform); Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Charlotte, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen; Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught.
Fourth row: Tsarevich Nicholas (II, bowler hat); Princess Alix of Hesse (his future Empress); Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg; Irene, Princess Heinrich of Prussia; Marie, Grand Duchess Vladimir; Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Seated: Emperor Wilhelm II; Queen Victoria; Victoria, Empress Friedrich.
On floor on bearskin: Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Princess Feodore of Saxe-Meiningen
Some of the main names have been added on the mount in a small early hand in German, but swapping the Prince of Wales with Duke Alfred.


Item Date:  1894

Stock No:  54089     

                


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