VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Inscribed photograph, ‘The Queen, Balmoral, 1863’, [1864]. Albumen print, c.130 x 85mm, the original photograph taken by George Washington Wilson, the print published by A. Marion Son & Co, 23 Soho Square. Framed with mount (265 x 185 x 20mm). Provenance : General Charles Grey (1804-1870), private secretary to Prince Albert, then to Queen Victoria. A poignant image of the mourning Victoria, inscribed in memory of her marriage to the late Prince Albert: a gift to General Charles Grey who served as private secretary to both monarchs. Queen Victoria’s inscription on the recto reads: ‘Day turned into Night’; her initialled (‘V’) inscription on the verso: ‘Given by the Queen to Gen[era]l Grey on the 24th anniversary of her marriage’. The original photograph from which this print derives was commissioned by Queen Victoria and entered into her personal album with the caption ‘A Highland Widow’ – it shows the Queen in mourning garb on horseback between her manservant John Brown and Head Keeper John Grant Later, when rumours of a romantic relationship between Victoria and John Brown began to circulate, Marion & Co would re-publish a cropped version of the image, omitting John Grant In fact, the present photograph is a testament to Victoria’s enduring devotion to Albert, who died in 1861: both in her poignant inscription on the recto, and in her gift to mark the 24th anniversary of her marriage.
VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Inscribed photograph, ‘The Queen, Balmoral, 1863’, [1864]. Albumen print, c.130 x 85mm, the original photograph taken by George Washington Wilson, the print published by A. Marion Son & Co, 23 Soho Square. Framed with mount (265 x 185 x 20mm). Provenance : General Charles Grey (1804-1870), private secretary to Prince Albert, then to Queen Victoria. A poignant image of the mourning Victoria, inscribed in memory of her marriage to the late Prince Albert: a gift to General Charles Grey who served as private secretary to both monarchs. Queen Victoria’s inscription on the recto reads: ‘Day turned into Night’; her initialled (‘V’) inscription on the verso: ‘Given by the Queen to Gen[era]l Grey on the 24th anniversary of her marriage’. The original photograph from which this print derives was commissioned by Queen Victoria and entered into her personal album with the caption ‘A Highland Widow’ – it shows the Queen in mourning garb on horseback between her manservant John Brown and Head Keeper John Grant Later, when rumours of a romantic relationship between Victoria and John Brown began to circulate, Marion & Co would re-publish a cropped version of the image, omitting John Grant In fact, the present photograph is a testament to Victoria’s enduring devotion to Albert, who died in 1861: both in her poignant inscription on the recto, and in her gift to mark the 24th anniversary of her marriage.
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