AN ENAMEL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA (1844-1925), WHEN PRINCESS OF WALES

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN ENAMEL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA (1844-1925), WHEN PRINCESS OF WALES
LATE 19TH CENTURY
enamel on copper, in oval gold turquoise-set frame and diamond-set foliate sprays and plain suspension ring, the counter enamel indistinctly signed and inscribed 'H.R.H. / The / Princess of Wales / photograph / by Downeys / Enamel by [t...]'
2 1/8 in. (55 mm. ) high (including frame)

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Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.
This miniature relates to a group of photographs taken by William and Daniel Downey in September 1866 of Queen Alexander when Princess of Wales, in the Royal Collection (Royal Collection Inventory No. 2923263, 2108638 and 2108645).

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