portrait queen adelaide (5 Ergebnisse)

Engraving, foxing,

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline; 13 August 1792 - 2 December 1849) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of Hanover from 26 June 1830 to 20 June 1837 as the wife of King William IV. Adelaide was the daughter of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her. Engraved by F. Bahmann.

showing them as Prince George and Princess Mary of Teck (titles relinquished in 1917, when their father Adolphus, brother of Queen Mary, was created Marquess of Cambridge), full length, full face, Prince George in a sailor suit, his eyes a little to the left, and holding the lead of their dog Tim, who is stretched out below, Princess Mary, perched on a pillar, part of the rustic studio setting with sloping parkland behind, looks intently at the camera and clutches her doll in her right hand, 5½" x 3¾" in photographer's stiff mount 7" x 4¾", no place, no date, circa a few tiny brown spots in blank margins and two in Prince George's lower clothing, right and left margins trimmed fractionally.

showing the young Prince George half length in profile, wearing a sailor suit, he is leaning backwards over a chair back, 6" x 4" in mount 9" x 7", no place, no date, circa.

showing her standing half length, full face, regal but with a pleasing light in her eyes, wearing a velvet gown with lace sleeves, a wide double lace collar with a triple jewel in front, her hair close in ringlets, her brow set off with a rectangular brooch of pearls at a fetching angle, a finely detailed and strong impression of this engraving, 11½" x 9¼" on card 10½" x 12½", no place, no date, circa.