#late 1860s

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Turkish bath (old Serail) by Abdullah Frères ca. 1869

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Queen Victoria's relative, late 1860s.

Princess Marie of Hanover.

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but is the Garibaldi blouse still gay in its original context, worn by a late 1860s girl who, judging by her boring hair, is somebody’s governess?

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Princess George of Saxony née Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, late 1860s.

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Princess Alberta of Leiningen, late 1860s.

Great-niece of Queen Victoria, named after Albert, Prince Consort.

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Grand Duke Frederick Francis II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, late 1860s.

Father-in-law of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and first cousin to Kaiser Wilhelm I.

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Lovely Princess Marie Caroline of Battenberg and her first cousin Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, late 1860s.

Same sitting

Source: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt.

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Prince Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau, late 1860s.