Royal portraits by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein was a German painter from the Tischbein family. His father was Johann Valentin Tischbein. He was appointed court painter to Friedrich […]
Exhibitions
Police files on Queen Victoria’s goddaughter Princess Sophia Duleep Singh to go on display
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the exiled Indian Maharaja Duleep Singh and, in addition to being Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, she also lived […]
Jewels! The Glitter of the Russian Court Exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam
This autumn the Hermitage museum in Amsterdam is playing host to a grand collection of magnificent jewels from the Russian court with “Jewels! The Glitter […]
Kensington Palace – Victoria: A Royal Childhood & Victoria: Woman and Crown
At Kensington Palace in the early hours (4.15 am) of 24 May 1819, Alexandrina Victoria was born to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, […]
Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace
In 1837, Queen Victoria came to the throne, and Buckingham Palace had remained empty for nearly 20 years. Her uncle King George IV had spent […]
I, Mary of Guelders Exhibition – Prayers come to life
Marie d’Harcourt, or as she is better known in the Netherlands, Mary of Guelders, is the subject of this exhibition in Nijmegen, I, Mary of […]
