EMPRESS FRIEDRICH, CONSORT OF FRIEDRICH III, EMPEROR OF GERMANY & KING OF PRUSSIA, 1ST DAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1840-1901)
The first meeting of Romeo and Juliet
dated 26 August 1861RCIN 981276
Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Vicky, by now Crown Princess of Prussia, chose to give to her father Prince Albert (for what would be his last birthday) a watercolour showing the first meeting
of Romeo and Juliet, possibly a deliberate reference to her parents’ romance.