Royalty
FANTASTIC PRESENTATION PHOTO IN ORIGINAL FIRED GILT FRAME
VICTORIA
(1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, wife of Frederick III, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II)
Extraordinary Vintage photo by Charles Knight of Ryde, signed and inscribed on the mount, Victoria Crown Princess of Germany & Prussia Princess Royal of Gt Britain...
showing her full length standing next to a chair, looking straight at the camera, with her hands clasped, 8 x 4 in gold mount, in a fantastic frame by C. H. Preetz of Berlin, with her name Victoria hand worked along the top under her crown, the edges decorated with wreaths and leaves, 12 x 7 max, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1880
£2,250
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Background
Charles Knight (born 1853) was a photographer in Ryde, the Isle of Wight active between 1875-1898. Fire-gilding is a process of gilding metal using mercury. This frame has been renovated by gold plating as it is no longer possible to use fire-gilding as it is so dangerous. C. H. Preetz were a firm in Berlin who specialised in these remarkable frames and did a lot of work for the Imperial family.
the writing though legible is slightly faded
Stock No. 41261
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