Royalty
QUEEN VICTORIA IN MOURNING
[VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)]
Unsigned carte de visite by William BAMBRIDGE
(1820-1878, Photographer) showing his mother full length, seated, holding a photograph of Prince Albert with Princess Alice seated next her mother, Princess Victoria, the crown Princess of Prussia is standing and Prince Arthur is looking over the queen's shoulder, 4 x 2½, no place, no date,
Item Date: 1862
Background
A wonderfully intimate family shot showing the family in mourning.Bambridge was a school-teacher who accompanied George Augustus Selwyn and William Charles Cotton in the Te Waimate mission, New Zealand, before returning to England where he became photographer to Queen Victoria.
Stock No. 43092