Royal paintings

Portrait by Arthur Trevethin Nowell, 1927. During her time, Queen Mary - the consort of George V, grandmother of the present queen - oversaw a great wealth of jewelry being added to the already brimming royal coffers of the United Kingdom. Both in the collection of "crown jewels", and those held in private possession of the Windsor ladies. Many pieces were new-made, other were redesigns of earlier pieces. And she also purchased important pieces from those royals who had not fared so well…

This painting is a copy of Winterhalter’s original portrait, painted in Paris in 1864. Graefle also copied its companion painting of the Emperor Maximilian, Princess Charlotte’s husband (RCIN 402484). Princess Charlotte (1840-1927) was the only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians. She was lively and intelligent as a child and much loved by her English relations. She married the in 1857 and her husband was created Emperor of Mexico in 1864. He was executed there in 1867. Queen…

Princess Helena (1846 - 1923) by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1861.

Victorian style and custom was influenced by this Queen.

The newborn Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge’s 3Xgreat-grandfather was King George V: King George V was born as the second son of King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales) and gre…

Christian Karl August Noack (1822-1905) executed more than one thousand portraits throughout his career, with sitters ranging from a loyal page boy (RCIN 403652) to royal patrons. Having studied at the Dusseldorf and Antwerp Academies, Noack travelled throughout France, Italy and the Netherlands producing a plethora of portraits in addition to landscapes, biblical and historical subjects. Noack eventually returned to Darmstadt where he became court painter to the Duchy of Hesse and professor…

Matilda of Flanders Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, and the first woma...

Richard Buckner 1812-1883 Engeland

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