The British Royal Family, Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

CARTE DE VISITE ALBUM OF 96 IMAGES LARGELY RELATING TO QUEEN VICTORIA and her family by various photographers, starting with three images of the couple together including a rare example by Francis Sally Day (Osborne,1859), 10 images of Albert, Edward VII and Princess Beatrice by Hills and Saunders (active 1860-1935), 16 different images of Edward VII on his own and a group photo, an image by Southwell of the Prince with King George I of Greece, 6 photos relating to his engagement and marriage to Princess Alexandra, 3 photos of the couple with their small children and one of the couple together then 18 photos of her on her own and one with her sister, and two showing her with her babies on her back or lap. The album includes a photo of the Prince of Wales with his brother Alfred and 2 with his sister Princess Alice of Hesse, images of Princess Louise and Helena, Edward with Beatrice, a Mondel and Jacob of the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, a hand tinted photo by Ghemar Freres, 2 photos of Princess Victoria with her infants and a hand tinted one of the baby Wilhelm II, Prince Christian of Schleswig Holsten by Levitsky with his wife Princess Helena, 4 of Edward as a young man of which two tinted, 5 of Prince Alfred, a hand tinted one of his wife Marie (1853-1900, Daughter of Alexander II Emperor of Russia) and a further two of the couple, one with a baby and another of her on her own. The album ends with the family of Princess Alice of Hesse, the first image showing her with her husband Duke Louis of Hesse, then her wedding photo by Mayall and a further 7 images of her on her own, mounted together in a contemporary album.