Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia and family

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Frederick III, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia and family

by Unknown photographer
albumen cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
5in. x 4 1/8in. (145 mm x 102 mm)
Purchased, 1997
Photographs Collection
NPG x87019

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  • Place made and portrayed: Italy (Villa Zirio, San Remo, Italy)

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Current affairs

William Edward Forster's Education Act is passed, making provisions for education for all under-13s. It demonstrated the balance in Gladstone's first ministry between progressive reform and conservativism by spreading literacy, whilst maintaining the status of Church schools.
The Married Women's Property Act gives wives rights over their own earnings.

Art and science

The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, based on Shakespeare's play and written with the aid of composer Mily Balakirev, debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein.
W. G. Grace becomes cricket captain of Gloucestershire, marking the start of a successful decade for the club in which they won three 'Champion County' titles.

International

Isaac Butt, an Irish MP at Westminster, forms the Home Rule Association.
The Franco-Prussian war breaks out between France and a coalition of German states led by Prussia. Provoked by the candidacy of German Prince Leopold Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen for the Spanish throne, France declared war in July after Bismark published the deliberately provocative Ems telegraph, in which the French were represented in an offensive light on the issue.

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Stephanie Ahrens

08 September 2016, 21:43

We own an exact copy of this photo in what appears to be the exact same format. The photo is mounted on a card mat that is rounded on the corners, and the edges are gold. The photo is labeled on the bottom as "Unser Kronprinz: und sein Umgebung vor der Villa Zirio in San Remo. The back of the card is blank, and the number 150 is written on the upper left in what appears to be pencil. In addition to the card, we also have an accompanying piece of paper with a printed sketch in which of all the persons in the photo are numbered and identified. The persons listed are:

Kronprinz
Kronprinzessin
Prinz Heinrigh
Prinzess Victoria
Prinzess Sophie
Prinzess Margarethe
Grafin Bruhl
Major von Raabe
Graf Seckendorf
Dr. Schrader, Leibarzt des Kronprinzen
Graf Sekendorf, militair. Begleit. d. Prinz. Heinr.
Graf Radolinski
Dr. Hovell