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W & D Downey (active 1855-1941)
Nine sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII, 1910 20 - 20 May 1910
Gelatin silver print | 43.3 x 59.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2934244
W & D Downey (active 1855-1941)
Nine sovereigns at Windsor for the funeral of King Edward VII, 1910 20 - 20 May 1910
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Photograph of nine European sovereigns standing or sitting, facing three-quarters right, wearing full State Dress. Taken in the White Drawing Room, Windsor Castle during the funeral of King Edward VII. Standing (left to right): King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel of Portugal, Emperor William II of Germany, King George I of the Hellenes, King Albert of the Belgians. Seated (left to right): King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V, King Frederick VIII of Denmark. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria is depicted in the painting hanging on the wall behind the monarchs.
King George V was related by ties of blood or of marriage to most of the sovereigns of Europe, some of whom gathered at Windsor for his father's funeral in 1910. Here he can be seen with two uncles (the Kings of Denmark and of the Hellenes), a brother-in-law who was also a first cousin (the King of Norway), another first cousin (the German Emperor), a first cousin by marriage (the King of Spain) and three distant cousins, all descended, as he was, from branches of the Saxe-Coburg family (the Kings of Bulgaria, Portugal and the Belgians).
Text adapted from Crown and Camera: The Royal Family and Photography 1842-1910 by Frances Dimond and Roger Taylor (1987).Provenance
Acquired by King George V
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Gelatin silver print
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43.3 x 59.0 cm (image)
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