Cartes de Visite Album, Page 46

[Old Bristolian]

I should have added the lady in question is certainly Princess Alexandra ofDenmark (later wife of Edward VII) - I've a photo taken in 1860 with exactly the same hairstyle and a very similar dress. Also the photographer is in Copenhagen

Steve

[Jayhen6]

Hi, the lady as Old Bristolian says is without doubt Princess Alexandra 1844 - 1925

Regards

[RobinClay]

Thank you !

... and we have also just seen her with her fiance, here, as 43B at
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=683790.0

[RobinClay]

A very helpful person at the National Portrait Gallery
http://www.npg.org.uk/
was so kind as to write to me, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:34 PM

Subject: RE: Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

I have looked through the various pages illustrated on rootschat, but unfortunately, most of the sitters did not stand out to me as recognisable in the same way as Edward and Alexandra, apart from the following few:

Page 46 - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=684249.0

46A:
This is Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw111071/Edward-Stanley-14th-Earl-of-Derby
We also have several other poses from this sitting.

46B:
This is Queen Alexandra by Georg Emil Hansen:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw136401/Queen-Alexandra?search=sp&sText=Ax131389&firstRun=true&rNo=0

According to H. & A. Gernsheim, 'Edward VII and Queen Alexandra' (1962), this was taken in January or February, shortly before her marriage. The same image was also used for the sheet music cover for 'Alexandra Mazurka' by Ferdinand Praeger:

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw240032/Queen-Alexandra?search=sp&sText=D42763&firstRun=true&rNo=0


46C:
This is Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Bt:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw113745/Sir-William-Fairbairn-1st-BtLinkID=mp82798&search=sas&sText=Sir+William+Fairbairn%2C+1st+Bt&role=sit&rNo=0


46D:
This is Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort:
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw113455/Prince-Albert-of-Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

This is one of several copies we have in our collection.


[Footnote originally added has been removed at her request]