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Princess Helena (1846-1923)
Princess Helena's Photographs, Volume 1 1859
Leather bound album | 18.3 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2906408
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Small burgundy half leather-bound album containing 69 photographs (RCINs 2906409-2906477) of portraits of the Royal Family and their friends and a few topographical views. The album features gold tooling on spine, which features four raised bands.
The album is inscribed 'Lenchen from Bertie. Nov: 1859. Windsor Castle.' 'Bertie' refers to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910) and 'Lenchen' refers to Princess Helena (1846-1923), from the German nickname 'Helenchen'.Provenance
Gifted to Princess Helena in 1859 by her brother Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
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Leather bound album
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18.3 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm (whole object)
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