Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day
8 of 62 portraits of Marie, Queen of Romania
Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg with their bridesmaids and others on their wedding day
by Hughes & Mullins
albumen cabinet card, 23 July 1885
4 3/4 in. x 4 3/8 in. (122 mm x 111 mm) image size
Purchased, 1903
Photographs Collection
NPG x33000
Artistback to top
- Hughes & Mullins (active 1883-1910), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria (1857-1893), Army commander; son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Alexandra, Empress of Russia (née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine) (1872-1918), Consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia; daughter of Princess Alice and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 18 portraits. Identify
- Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1878-1942), Red Cross nurse; daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh; wife of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Sitter associated with 17 portraits. Identify
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (1857-1944), Fifth and youngest daughter of Queen Victoria; wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg. Sitter associated with 102 portraits. Identify
- Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg (1861-1924), Son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia von Hauke. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg (1858-1896), Army officer and Governor of the Isle of Wight; husband of Princess Beatrice; son of Prince Alexander of Hesse. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
- Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Princess Henry of Prussia (1866-1953), Wife of Prince Heinrich of Prussia; daughter of Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt and by Rhine. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
- 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. Identify
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956), Patron of the arts and philanthropist; daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 59 portraits. Identify
- Marie, Queen of Romania (1875-1938), Nurse and writer; wife of Ferdinand I, King of Romania; daughter of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Sitter in 62 portraits. Identify
- Maud, Queen of Norway (1869-1938), Queen consort of King Haakon VII; daughter of King Edward VII. Sitter in 93 portraits. Identify
- Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935), Fourth child of King Edward VII. Sitter associated with 110 portraits. Identify
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870-1948), Founder of YWCA Women's Auxiliary Force and philanthropist; daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein; granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 36 portraits. Identify
- Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Russia (1876-1936), Former wife of Ernest Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, and later wife of Grand-Duke Kirill of Russia; daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Sitter in 16 portraits. Identify
Events of 1885back to top
Current affairs
Redistribution Act; continues Gladstone's extensive package of electoral reform, although his Liberal government is later defeated when the Irish Nationalists, seeking support for Home Rule, side with the Conservatives over a budget measure. The Marquess of Salisbury is invited to form a 'caretaker' government.Art and science
The Dictionary of National Biography is first published quarterly, under the editorship of Leslie Stephen, and sub-editorship of Sidney Lee. Volume 63 completed the work in 1900. Setting new standards in life writing, the DNB exemplified the form of the brief biography, formalising a style and approach to writing lives, based on Stephen's guiding principles of selection and presentation in 'business-like form'.International
The death of the famous General Charles Gordon sparks outrage in Britain. Sent to the Sudan to evacuate Egyptian forces from Khartoum, threatened by Sudanese rebels under Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi, Khartoum quickly came under siege, and Gordon is killed and beheaded two days before the relief force arrived. The British public proclaimed Gordon a martyr, and attacked government, particularly Gladstone, for not relieving British forces earlier.Comments back to top
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