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.
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
Royalty, Rulers and Aristocracy
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