Royal group in the Crimson Drawing-Room at Windsor Castle
5 of 88 portraits of Maud, Queen of Norway
Royal group in the Crimson Drawing-Room at Windsor Castle
by William Edward Downey, for W. & D. Downey, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 17 November 1907
3 1/4 in. x 5 1/8 in. (82 mm x 129 mm) image size
Given by Martin Plaut, 2012
Primary Collection
NPG P1700(81d)
Artistsback to top
- William Edward Downey (1855-1908), Photographer; son of William Downey. Artist or producer associated with 11 portraits.
- W. & D. Downey (active 1855-1940), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 938 portraits.
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 1423 portraits.
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- Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII. Sitter associated with 478 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits. Identify
- Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941), Reigned 1886-1931. Sitter in 22 portraits. Identify
- Augusta Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (1858-1921), Consort of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. Sitter in 11 portraits. Identify
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits. Identify
- Victoria Eugenie ('Ena') of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (1887-1969), Queen consort to Alfonso XIII of Spain; granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 58 portraits. Identify
- Maud, Queen of Norway (1869-1938), Queen consort of King Haakon VII; daughter of King Edward VII. Sitter in 93 portraits. Identify
- Amélie Marie ('Maria Amélia') Louise Hélène of Orléans, Queen of Portugal (1865-1951), Queen consort of Carlos I, King of Portugal. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941), Reigned 1888-1918. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
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- Place made: United Kingdom: England, Berkshire (Crimson Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle)
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Events of 1907back to top
Current affairs
Robert Baden Powell, a former lieutenant-general in the British Army, forms the Boy Scout Movement after holding a camp on Brownsea Island for a group of twenty-two boys of mixed social background. Baden Powell was inspired after finding that his 1903 military training manual Aids to Scouting had become a bestseller, and was being used by teachers and youth workers. The Scout movement has become a Worldwide phenomenon, with over 38 million members in 216 countries.Art and science
The poet, author and critic Edmund Gosse publishes his autobiography Father and Son, an account of his relationship with his devout Christian father, the zoologist Phillip Gosse. Edmund's detailing of his loss of faith is a reflection on the Victorian age itself.Anna Pavlova first dances The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine to music by Camille Saint-Saens, at a charity performance.
International
America is gripped by a financial crisis as a collapse of trust companies causes panic amongst shareholders.Aged twenty, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century architecture, designs his first house at La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland.
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