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LONDON : WALERY

Grand Duke of Hesse's birthday

12 Sep 1882

RCIN 55365

A rectangular gilt metal picture frame surmounted by laurels, containing a transfer photograph on enamel of a large royal group, taken in September 1882. This shows, from left to right: Prince Albert Victor of Wales; Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Alix of Hesse (with white collar), next to Alexandra, Princess of Wales; Princess Maud of Wales (foreground); Ernest Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales; Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein (foreground); Princess Victoria and Princess Elizabeth of Hesse; Princess Irene of Hesse (foreground); Princess Louise of Wales; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince George of Wales; Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Victoria of Wales, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse. According to an entry in Prince George of Wales's diary, this photograph was taken in Darmstadt on the Grand Duke of Hesse's birthday, 12 September 1882.

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