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

On June 20, 1887 the Queen had breakfast outdoors under the trees at Frogmore, where Prince Albert had been buried. She then travelled by train from Windsor Castle to Paddington then to Buckingham Palace for a royal banquet that evening. Fifty foreign kings and princes, along with the governing heads of Britain's overseas colonies and dominions, came. She wrote in her diary: "Had a large family dinner. All the Royalties assembled in the Bow Room, and we dined in the Supper-room, which looked splendid with the buffet covered with the gold plate. The table was a large horseshoe one, with many lights on it. The King of Denmark took me in, and Willy of Greece sat on my other side. The Princes all in uniform, and the Princesses were all beautifully dressed. Afterwards we went into the Ballroom, where my band played."
There are three signatures on this fan of people who were not present at the dinner but who must have added their signatures later. Maud of Wales and Margaret of Prussia did not stay up for the supper and Friedrich Wilhelm (Crown Prince of Prussia) was too unwell to attend. He was often absent but came to lunch on Monday 20th and was at the Service in the Abbey on Tuesday 21st June but not at any of the events that week till the Queen's Evening Party and Dance on Friday 24th June. He was at dinner at Windsor on Saturday 16th July and attended the review at Spithead on 23rd July though not at Aldershot on the 9th.
The Royal Collection has two autograph fans, one that was given to Queen Victoria by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1887 which was then signed by many members of the family and friends over the next few years and another which probably belonged to Queen Alexandra which has signatures of musicians and artists as well as Royalty. The practice was generally popular towards the end of the 19th century and there are other examples in collections of Russian and European Royal possessions.
Together with a list of the guests at the banquet.
Provenance - by descent from a noble French family who received the fan as a gift at the banquet held for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee on 20th June 1887
Duvelleroy is a French fan making house founded in Paris in 1827 by Jean-Pierre Duvelleroy.

Item Date:  1887

Stock No:  55075      £47500

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