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PHOTOGRAPHS FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MARGRAVES AND GRAND DUKES OF BADEN

T.R. WILLIAMS

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T.R. WILLIAMS

Victoria, Princess Royal, circa 1856

Stereoscopic daguerreotype, hand-tinted and with gilt highlights, black card mount signed T. R. W. 236, Regent St. in lower left corner, photographer's printed paper label on verso, in velvet-lined maroon leather folding case with collapsible viewing lenses (unmarked but similar to that patented by Claudet), part only of small paper collection label on verso.

Lot Essay

The princess is shown wearing the dress which she wore on her sixteenth birthday, 21 November 1856. The presence of this daguerreotype in the collections of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden would suggest that it was given by the Queen to the family of Princess Victoria's future husband, Prince Frederick William of Prussia. His sister, Louise, married Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden in 1856.

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