Royal group in the Crimson Drawing-Room at Windsor Castle
Royal group in the Crimson Drawing-Room at Windsor Castle
by Percy Lewis Pocock, for W. & D. Downey, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
vintage print, 17 November 1907
8 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. (222 mm x 299 mm) image size
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NPG x135923
Artistsback to top
- W. & D. Downey (active 1855-1940). Artist associated with 928 portraits.
- Percy Lewis Pocock (1858-1952), Photographer for W. & D. Downey. Artist associated with 15 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
- Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (active 1897-1916). Artist associated with 1050 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Queen of Edward VII. Sitter associated with 474 portraits, Artist associated with 10 portraits.
- Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941), Reigned 1886-1931. Sitter in 22 portraits.
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 156 portraits.
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938), Governor-General of South Africa; son of 1st Duke of Connaught and grandson of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 44 portraits.
- 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.
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (1857-1944), Fifth and youngest daughter of Queen Victoria; wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg. Sitter in 101 portraits.
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Connaught (née Princess of Prussia) (1860-1917), Daughter of Prince Frederick of Prussia; wife of Arthur, Duke of Connaught. Sitter in 36 portraits.
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 503 portraits.
- Victoria Eugenie ('Ena') of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (1887-1969), Queen consort to Alfonso XIII of Spain; granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 56 portraits.
- King George V (1865-1936), Reigned 1910-36. Sitter in 475 portraits.
- Princess Hélène of Orleans, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951), Wife of Prince Emanuele, 2nd Duke of Aosta; daughter of Louis-Philippe, Count de Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851-1931), Wife of Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; daughter of Isabella II, Queen of Spain. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Prince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869-1938), Son of George, King of Saxony. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), Princess Royal; wife of 6th Earl of Fife, later Duke of Fife; daughter of King Edward VII. Sitter in 93 portraits.
- Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1854-1920), Wife of Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia; daughter of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874-1947), Second wife of Prince Johann Georg of Saxony; daughter of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Queen Mary (1867-1953), Queen consort of King George V. Sitter in 396 portraits.
- Maud, Queen of Norway (1869-1938), Queen consort of King Haakon VII; daughter of King Edward VII. Sitter in 93 portraits.
- Olav V, King of Norway (1903-1991), Reigned 1957-91. Sitter in 22 portraits.
- 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.
- Princess Patricia of Connaught (later Lady Patricia Ramsay) (1886-1974), Wife of Sir Alexander Ramsay; daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 29 portraits.
- Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935), Fourth child of King Edward VII. Sitter associated with 111 portraits.
- Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1847-1909), Son of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
- Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941), Reigned 1888-1918. Sitter in 45 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, Berkshire (Crimson Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle)
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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