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Victoria with the Hessian family, in mourning

Victoria with the family of her late daughter Alice, in mourning. The girl Alix will become Empress of Russia and die at Yekaterinburg in 1918. 1879

Victoria with the Hessian family, in mourning
Victoria with the Hessian family, in mourning1879
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Victoria with the family of her late daughter Alice, in mourning. The girl Alix will become Empress of Russia and die at Yekaterinburg in 1918.

Archive caption
Queen Victoria with the Hessian family
Creator
W. & D. Downey
Date
1879
Credit
Wikimedia Commons
Rights
Downey studio, 1879; William Downey died 1915; life+70 expired; US PD via pre-1930 publication · Public Domain Mark 1.0
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W. & D. Downey. “Victoria with the Hessian family, in mourning.” 1879. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Hessian_family_with_Queen_Victoria_in_1879.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 720, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/3lhPAVl5b0Nd2Jr_/720

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