Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
(1840-1901), Consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, King of Prussia; daughter of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 124 portraits
Victoria married Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858. The Queen and Prince Albert hoped that Victoria's marriage to the future King of Prussia would cement close ties between London and Berlin, and possibly lead to the emergence of a unified and liberal Germany. After the three wars of German unification (1864-71), the victorious princes of the North German Confederation proclaimed a German Empire with King William I of Prussia as the hereditary German Emperor. On his death in 1888, his son Prince Frederick ascended the throne and Victoria adopted the title The German Empress. He died later that year, after which she was known as The Empress Frederick.
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1841
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Jefferys & Nelson
lithograph, 1841
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1841
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir William Charles Ross, after Queen Victoria
lithograph, (October 1841)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Sir William Charles Ross, after Queen Victoria
lithograph, (October 1841)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Alphonse Léon Noël, printed by Lemercier Bernard et Cie, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1842
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'The Princess Royal sitting for a Portrait'
by William Radclyffe, published by J. Mead, after Sir John Gilbert
line engraving, circa 1842-1844 (1842)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Sir George Hayter
chromo-graphic process, published 1842
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir George Hayter
chromo-graphic process, published 1842
NPG D33807
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; King Edward VII
by John Henry Robinson, published by Thomas McLean, after Sir William Charles Ross
stipple engraving, published 9 November 1842 (1842)
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'Tender Annuals' (Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
published by W. Spooner, after Unknown artist
lithograph, 1843
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Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and family
by Unknown artist
chromolithograph, 1843 or after
NPG D20920
Prince Albert driving his favorites
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1843 or after
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Queen Victoria; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; King Edward VII
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, and published by Goupil & Vibert, and published by James Ryman, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 1844
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by Siegfried Detlev Bendixen, after George Thomas Payne
mezzotint, published 1844
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by Unknown artist
line engraving, 1844 or after
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by Henry Calton Maguire
lithograph, 1844 or after
NPG D20921
The Queen and Prince Albert at Home
by Unknown artist, published by George Alfred Henry Dean
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1844
NPG D20925
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Thomson (Thompson), after John Lucas
stipple engraving, circa 1847
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Domestic Life of the Royal Family
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1848 or after
NPG D20924
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1851
NPG D33810
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1851
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by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Chappell
lithograph, circa 1851
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The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. Plate 2. The Foreign Nave
by Joseph Nash
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1851
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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
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Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and family
by Samuel Cousins, published by Thomas Boys, and Ernest Gambart & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mixed-method engraving, republished 15 February 1853 (originally published 20 March 1850 after a painting of 1846)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by George Baxter
Baxter print, circa 1855-1857
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1855 (1855)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Jass, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1856 (1855)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1856 (1856)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart
chromolithograph, circa 1856-1857
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1856 (1856)
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Émile Desmaisons, after Edward Matthew Ward
lithograph, published 1857
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Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, 1858 (1847)
NPG D33591
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mezzotint, published 1858
NPG D33814
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1858
NPG D33815
after Unknown artist
lithograph, circa 1858-1860
NPG D33816
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1858
NPG D22122
Key to 'Royal Family Group, 1874' (Queen Victoria with her family)
after Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Unknown artist
ink on acetate, (1881)
NPG D33661
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia ('Ladies. No. 11.')
by Constantine von Grimm ('Nemo')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 7 June 1884
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- Princess Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (née Princess Victoria of Prussia) (daughter)
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (daughter)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (husband)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Prince Henry of Prussia (son)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Princess Margarete, Landgravine of Hesse (daughter)
- Prince Sigismund of Prussia (son)
- Sophie, Queen of Greece (née Princess Sophie of Prussia) (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Prince Waldemar of Prussia (son)
- Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (son)
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