Royalty
[FRIEDRICH III
(Wilhelm Nikolaus, 1831-1888, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Emperor of Germany for 99 days) and his wife VICTORIA (1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II)
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by Hills & Saunders
showing the couple together, he is seated on a chair and she is leaning on the back of it, 4 x24½, no place, no date, c.
Item Date: 1870
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Background
The couple had married on 25 January 1858 at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. The bridegroom turned out to be the favourite of all Queen Victoria's sons-in-law. When he finally succeeded to the throne as Emperor Friedrich III in 1888, he was already dying of the throat cancer that was to kill him three short months later. Hills & Saunders was one of the leading Victorian photographic firms, started as a partnership between Robert Hills & John Henry Saunders. They were social photographers with studios at different times in London, Harrow & Eton & Rugby, Oxford & Cambridge and Aldershot & Sandhurst. They were successful photographers to the royal family.
Stock No. 32579
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