Royalty
THE ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCESS HELENA TO PRINCE CHRISTIAN
[HELENA
(Augusta Victoria, 1846-1923, Princess, 3rd Daughter of Queen Victoria), and her husband Prince CHRISTIAN (1831-1917, Prince of Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Augustenburg, General in the British Army)]
Fine Unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph, by Hills & Saunders,
showing them standing full length, the Princess, three quarter face, in a crinoline dress with strong diagonally crossing stripes, her left hand on a letter held by her fiancé who is in near profile on the viewer's right, wearing morning jacket and light coloured trousers, taken for their engagement, 4 x 2½, no place, no date but circa
Item Date: 1866
Background
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. 55632