The Marriage of the Princess Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal (1840-1901) later Empress of Prussia, to Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia (1831-1888) later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888), on 25th January 1858
John Phillip, RA (Aberdeen 1817 - London 1867)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1858
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
267 x 502 mm (10 1/2 x 19 3/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530136
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Marriage of the Princess Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal (1840-1901) later Empress of Prussia, to Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia (1831-1888) later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888), on 25th January 1858 by John Phillip, RA (Aberdeen 1817 - London 1867). Original in the Royal Collection, at Buckingham Palace. (cat.no.548 - The Marriage of the Princess Royal, 25 January 1858 by John Philip. Illustration no.469 in The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen by Sir Oliver Millar - plates - 1992, University Press, Cambridge) Sketch of Princess Alice, full-length as a bridesmaid, for ‘The Marriage of the Princess Royal, 25 January 1858’. Thought to be a preparatory study for Philip’s oil painting in the Royal Collection, though it is closer in appearance to the present oil study at Hinton Ampner. Christie’s, London, 28 February 2007
Provenance
Given by the artist to Miss Skerrett;
Makers and roles
John Phillip, RA (Aberdeen 1817 - London 1867), artist
References
Millar 1992: Sir Oliver Millar, The Victorian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge, 1992, p. 203-204, fig. 69