The Emperor and Empress of Germany with their children
8 of 12 portraits of Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
The Emperor and Empress of Germany with their children
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1865
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (90 mm x 57 mm) image size
Purchased, 1966
Photographs Collection
NPG Ax46753
Artistsback to top
- Hills & Saunders (active 1850-1900), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
- A. Marion, Son & Co, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 50 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919), Second wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; daughter of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1831-1888), Reigned 1888; husband of Princess Victoria (Princess Royal). Sitter associated with 49 portraits. Identify
- Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929), Naval officer; son of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866), Son of Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901), Consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, King of Prussia; daughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 124 portraits. Identify
- Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941), Reigned 1888-1918. Sitter in 47 portraits. Identify
Events of 1865back to top
Current affairs
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson is the first female to be awarded a doctor's licence. She is also involved in collecting signatures for the Manchester Suffrage Committee, the first suffrage organisation, formed this year. John Stuart Mill was also elected to parliament this year on the platform of women's suffrage.Palmerston dies in October, and is replaced as leader of the Liberal government by his Foreign Secretary, Lord Russell.
Art and science
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is published, inspired by Carroll's relationship (as Oxford don Charles Dodgson) with his friend Henry George Liddell's daughter Alice.Matthew Arnold publishes the first series of Essays in Criticism, a defining text in the development of English literature as an academic discipline.
International
In the American civil war, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, leading to the surrender of the Confederacy's remaining field armies. A few days later, US President Abraham Lincoln is shot dead by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth. Later this year slavery is officially abolished after years of fierce campaigning. In response, the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan is founded on Christmas Eve.Comments back to top
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