PhotographsBritish19th century

Untitled (Abergeldie, October 1865, portraits of Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), Princess of Wales [later Queen Alexandra], and Albert Edward (1841-1910), Prince of Wales [later Edward VII])

c. 1865

Artists

Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil FilmerArtist

Description

Sitter information: Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales (1844-1925) Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910)

Classification

Photographs

Technique

Albumen silver print

Medium

Album page with two albumen silver prints with hand coloring and autographs. Page is hand decorated with crowns, flags, and other symbols, blue banner on bottom of page reads "Honi soit qui mal y pense; Abergeldie, October 1865." Honi soit . . . means "shamed be he who thinks evil of it," the motto of the Order of the Garter.

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Photographs

Dimensions

page: 28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.) photographs: 9.2 x 6 cm (3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Christie's, 1978, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982

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