Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
1 portrait of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Mayall & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen Imperial cabinet card, 1890s (February 1861)
8 3/4 in. x 6 3/8 in. (223 mm x 161 mm) image size
Given by J.P.K. Wright, 1935
Photographs Collection
NPG x4190
Sitterback to top
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-1878), Third child of Queen Victoria; wife of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Sitter associated with 112 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 509 portraits.
- Mayall & Co (active 1885-1920), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 28 portraits.
This portraitback to top
The photographer Mayall visited Buckingham Palace in February 1861 to make a second group of photographs of the royal family. This portrait was re-issued in 1890s, some years after Alice's death.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographers' studio, 224 Regent Street, London)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Queen Victoria's Children (2 September 2008 - 15 March 2009)
Events of 1861back to top
Current affairs
Death of Prince Albert, from typhoid fever. Queen Victoria goes into a long period of mourning, withdrawing from public duties, and becomes known by the satirical title 'Widow of Windsor'.Art and science
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published by her husband Sidney, who successfully maintained the Beeton brand after his wife's early death seven years later. The highly popular book, containing recipes and advice for housekeeping, appealed to the Victorian belief that a woman's role was managing the home.Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company is founded, marking the start of the arts and crafts movement.
International
The American civil war begins after the Confederate army attacks Union forces at Fort Sumter in April. The Confederates, comprised of eleven southern states who seceded from the Union over the right to independence on issues such as abolition, are presided over by Jefferson Davis, formerly senator of Mississippi. Although the Union had early successes, the Confederates' victory at Bull Run sets the Union up for a long, four-year war.Comments back to top
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