Royalty
PRESENTATION PHOTO FROM PRINCESS IRENE OF HESSE
IRENE
(of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1866-1953, daughter of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & by Rhine and Princess Alice, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia)
Delightful Presentation Photograph signed Irene, Princess Henry of Prussia, inscribed
In remembrance of Wimbourne House... and dated showing the Princess standing, leaning over a table where her husband Prince Henry of Prussia is seated looking at an open book, in a beautiful tooled leather frame surmounted with a gilt monogram of Henry, within a glazed velvet lined wooded frame, 7 x 4½, in frame 11½ x 9¼, no place, June
Item Date: 1912
£1,275
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Background
Wimbourne House was designed in the Neo-Palladian style by William Kent. The Prime Minister Henry Pelham hired Kent to design the house at the time of his election to the office. Kent died in 1748, and Pelham himself died shortly after the completion of the house in 1754. The house became a fashionable society venue for European aristocracy at the end of the 19th century, frequented by Evelyn Waugh and Winston Churchill amongst others. The photograph commemorates the visit of the Princess.
the writing is somewhat faded but still legible.
Stock No. 43785
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