Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923), Wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; third daughter of Queen Victoria
Sitter associated with 68 portraits
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein was a member of the British Royal Family, the fifth-born child and the third daughter of Queen Victoria. In 1866 she married Prince (Frederick) Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. Helena devoted much time and effort to charitable causes. She set up and helped to supervise a holiday house for deprived and handicapped London children near Cumberland Lodge, and she was a founder member of the Red Cross. She was active in voluntary work during the First World War. In 1872 she became founding President of the School of Art Needlework, later the Royal School of Needlework, set up to provide employment for women.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1865
On display on the Staircase: Second Floor Landing at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 3083
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1866
NPG 2023a(11)
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, 1866
NPG 2023a(12)
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46710
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax46786
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders
half-plate glass negative, 1860s
NPG x35275
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax131381
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46711
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x36353
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x36352
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Ghémar Frères, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax131379
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x36356
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
carbon print on cropped Imperial cabinet card mount, 1863
NPG x36347
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax131299
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax46726
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 March 1863
NPG x131715
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Unknown photographer
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG Ax46775
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 9 March 1863
NPG x135123
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36349
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x36354
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46747
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
NPG x36360
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 5 July 1866
NPG Ax46734
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 5 July 1866
NPG Ax46735
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1866
NPG Ax46755
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
NPG x36355
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1860s
NPG Ax46168
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG Ax46163
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein with her two eldest children
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1875
NPG x95876
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Theodor Prümm
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x36357
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1882
NPG x95869
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1882
NPG x95870
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95871
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95872
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95873
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95874
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95875
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Hon. Magdalen Wellesley (née Montagu)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95877
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Hon. Magdalen Wellesley (née Montagu)
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95878
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x31219
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1891
NPG x31220
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print on card mount, published 1891
NPG x8750
by Robert Milne
bromide print, 12 June 1897
NPG x8491
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession - In front of St Paul's Cathedral
possibly by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
bromide print, 22 June 1897
NPG x87194
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide proof print, April 1900
NPG Ax29330
Queen Victoria's Funeral Cortège
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, 4 February 1901
NPG x135124
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print
NPG Ax29348
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print
NPG Ax29350
Domestic Life of the Royal Family
by Unknown artist
lithograph, 1848 or after
NPG D20924
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1849
NPG D35057
The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
NPG D33826
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Ann Mary Newton (née Severn)
lithograph, April 1858
NPG D22135
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after Albert Graefle
lithograph, published 1 July 1864 (1864)
NPG D22118
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