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Queen Victoria, Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice Knitting Quilts for the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley

Artist: Alexander Melville (British, active 1846-1886)

Date: 1886

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Description

Queen Victoria is depicted with Princess Helena and Princess Beatrice in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle. They are shown knitting quilts which they presented to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley, for soldiers wounded at Tel-el-Kebir in Egypt in 1882. In May 1885 Melville wrote to Queen Victoria to say the painting was nearly finished. He asked for ‘a few minutes sitting’, recalling ‘the old associations in which, I was connected with those so dear to you’ and the time when he had been ‘in the sunshine of your favor and the presence of that beloved One’. He was not granted a sitting, but two photographs were sent to him. Major Stocks wanted to present the picture to an institution, selected by the Queen, ‘as a memento of the care and consideration you have ever shewn to your servants in the united service’.

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“I need a Brigerton-type series for Queen V’s kids where each season focuses on a diff sibling.” - Submitted by Anonymous

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✧.* ~ Three Generations of British Victorias ~ ✧.*

Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901

Victoria Princess Royal, Crown Princess of Prussia, Empress of Germany, 1840-1901

Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Princess of Schaumburg Lippe, 1866-1929

Princess Victoria of Wales, 1868-1935

Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh, Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna of Russia, 1876-1936

Missing from photo:

Princess Victoria of Hesse and By Rhine, Marchioness of Milford Haven, 1863-1950

Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig Holstein, 1870-1948

Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Consort of Spain, 1887-1969

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Royal Birthdays for today, January 7th:

Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1355

Helena, Archduchess of Austria, 1543

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, 1647

Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768

Charlotte Augusta of Wales, British Royal, 1796

Ludwig III, King of Bavaria, 1845

Michael, Prince of Greece and Denmark, 1939

Sindiswa Dlamini, Wife of Mswati III, 1995

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~ Annie Dixon, Portrait of Princess Helena, daughter of Queen Victoria and later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1873-1874)

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ROYAL CHILDREN OF QUEEN VICTORIA AS BABIES 🥺💖

Nine Children Of Queen Victoria As Babies🥺✨️

We must admit that Queen Victoria gave birth to the cutest royal babies🥺✨️💖

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King Edward VII and his younger sister, Princess Christian(Helena) of Schleswig-Holstein, 1909.

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Princess of Alix & by Rhine with her cousin 1st cousin, Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, 1891.

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Princess Helena and Princess Louise dressed for the Bal Costume at Buckingham Palace, in 1859.

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Portrait Versus Photograph

Queen Victoria's Daughters

Vicky (1840-1901), married Frederick, future Emperor of Germany. She had four sons, including Wilhelm II of Germany, and four daughters, including Queen Sophia of Greece.

Alice (1843-1878), married Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by the Rhine. She had two sons and five daughters, including Empress Alexandra of Russia.

Helena (1846-1923), married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. She had four sons and two daughters.

Louise (1848-1939), married John Cambell, future Duke of Argyll. She had no children.

Beatrice (1857-1944), married Prince Henry of Battenberg. She had three sons and one daughter, including Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain.

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The Royal Family in 1846

Artist: Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805–1873)

Date: ca. 1846-1847

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Royal Collection, London, United Kingdom

Description

In this well-known picture Queen Victoria is skilfully depicted as both sovereign and mother. The scene is one of domestic harmony, peace and happiness, albeit with many allusions to royal status: grandeur in the form of jewels and furniture, tradition (through the Order of the Garter) and the continuation of the royal lineage. The Prince of Wales, wearing a Russian blouse, stands beside his mother but meets the gaze of his father. Prince Alfred is on the left in the skirted outfit typically worn by young boys up to the age of around three. He walks towards his three sisters – Victoria, Princess Royal on the far right, Princess Alice and the infant Princess Helena. Queen Victoria wears an emerald and diamond diadem designed by Prince Albert in 1845 and made by Joseph Kitching at a cost of £1,150. Matching drop earrings and three brooches attached to her bodice complete the parure. Prince Albert wears court dress, consisting of black velvet breeches, a white satin waistcoat and a black single-breasted dress coat cut fashionably tight on the arms. Both wear their ribbon and star of the Garter, and Prince Albert also wears the Garter itself and the badge of the Golden Fleece.

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“Queen Victoria was a Slytherin, Prince Albert was Ravenclaw, Victoria, Jr. was Ravenclaw like her dad, Bertie/Edward was a Gryffindor, Alice was a Hufflepuff, Louise was a Gryffindor, Leopold was a Ravenclaw, and Beatrice was a Hufflepuff. But I’m conflicted on Alfred, Helena, and Arthur. Any ideas people?” - Submitted by Anonymous

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Princess Helena and Louise of Great Britain and Ireland (later Princess of Schleswig Holstein and Duchess of Argyll) with their little brother Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught dressing up for a tableaux, 1850s ✨💗

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

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꧁ ✵ Royals & Josefine Swoboda ✵ ꧂

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Princess Helena

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Daughters of Queen Victoria 💖✨️

FIVE DAUGHTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND ALBERT PRINCE CONSORT 🥺💖✨️