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Call Number:

PH-02194

Collection Name:

Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book: Photographs from My Camera, to be Sold for Charity [copy 1]

Creator:

Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925

No. of Items:

46 photogravures in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1908

Description:

Photographically illustrated book titled Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book: Photographs from My Camera, to be Sold for Charity (London: The Daily Telegraph, 1908) containing 46 mounted photogravures of photographs taken by Queen Alexandra of Great Britain (British, 1844-1925). Additional photographs by the Queen, and a portrait of her by W. & Downey, are reproduced as halftone prints. One of two copies held by the Ransom Center, this copy is from the library of e.e. cummngs and is inscribed "Estlin Cummings from his old friend Eleanor M. Wason, Christmas-1908". Published titles follow.

958:0136:0001 -- The King, George and his two Sons;
958:0136:0002 -- Victoria and Myself;
958:0136:0003 -- George, Prince of Wales;
958:0136:0004 -- Victoria and Mac;
958:0136:0005 -- Edward of Wales (Little David);
958:0136:0006 -- My Father and My Brother. Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff], 1904;
958:0136:0007 -- My Father and Colonel Kjør—Danish Hussars;
958:0136:0008 -- My Father inspecting a new cavalry repeating rifle;
958:0136:0009 -- Testing the new repeating rifle;
958:0136:0010 -- King of Denmark and his two grandsons;
958:0136:0011 -- Victoria riding at Bernsdorff [sic, Bernstorff];
958:0136:0012 -- At Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff];
958:0136:0013 -- King Christian and his Grandsons;
958:0136:0014 -- Colonel Brocklehurst, at Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff];
958:0136:0015 -- "Victoria and Albert," Copenhagen. Group on board;
958:0136:0016 -- Empress of Russia at Hvidøre;
958:0136:0017 -- Empress of Russia and her son Michael at Hvidøre;
958:0136:0018 -- Empress of Russia. Danish Ships off Hvidøre;
958:0136:0019 -- Victoria and Colonel Brocklehurst riding Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff];
958:0136:0020 -- Professor Tuxen and family. His House at the Skaw;
958:0136:0021 -- Landing at the Skaw;
958:0136:0022 -- King of Greece in his garden, Athens;
958:0136:0023 -- Family Group at Athens;
958:0136:0024 -- Duke of Sparta in his garden at Athens;
958:0136:0025 -- The Stadium at Athens (built of white marble);
958:0136:0026 -- The Harbour at Malta;
958:0136:0027 -- Victoria and little Olav. Mediterranean, 1905;
958:0136:0028 -- Miss Knollys and Lady Antrim. Little Olav;
958:0136:0029 -- At Sea—Mediterranean. (Little Olav);
958:0136:0030 -- The Harbour at Gibraltar;
958:0136:0031 -- Commodore Milne and Captain V. Stanley;
958:0136:0032 -- Ship Boys on the "Victoria and Albert";
958:0136:0033 -- "The Spartan," Norway, 1904;
958:0136:0034 -- Merok, Norway;
958:0136:0035 -- At Norway. Victoria on the swing;
958:0136:0036 -- Lord Charles Beresford;
958:0136:0037 -- Edward of Wales and Sir Charles Cust;
958:0136:0038 -- The Lords of the Admiralty. Naval Review, 1907;
958:0136:0039 -- The Pilot, Norway;
958:0136:0040 -- Crew of the "Victoria and Albert," Norway, 1904;
958:0136:0041 -- Group of Children taken in Norway;
958:0136:0042 -- At Norway. Sailors of the "Victoria and Albert";
958:0136:0043 -- Opening of the Alexandra Dock, Cardiff, 1907;
958:0136:0044 -- Naval Review off Portsmouth;
958:0136:0045 -- Commodore Sir B. Milne;
958:0136:0046 -- "The Nimrod" (Captain Shackleton) going to the South Pole (1907).

Accession No(s):

958:0136:0001-0046

Location(s):

DA 568 A1 A4 HRC-P cop.1 (958:0136:0001-0046)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The King, George and his two Sons
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0001

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Victoria and Myself
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0002

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	George, Prince of Wales
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0003

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Victoria and Mac
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0004

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Edward of Wales (Little David)
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0005

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	My Father and My Brother. Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff]
Date	1904, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0006

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	My Father and Colonel Kjør—Danish Hussars
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0007

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	My Father inspecting a new cavalry repeating rifle
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0008

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Testing the new repeating rifle
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0009

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	King of Denmark and his two grandsons
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0010

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Victoria riding at Bernsdorff [sic, Bernstorff]
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0011

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	At Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff]
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0012

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	King Christian and his Grandsons
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0013

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Colonel Brocklehurst, at Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff]
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0014

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	"Victoria and Albert," Copenhagen. Group on board
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0015

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Empress of Russia at Hvidøre
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0016

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Empress of Russia and her son Michael at Hvidøre
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0017

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Empress of Russia. Danish Ships off Hvidøre
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0018

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Victoria and Colonel Brocklehurst riding Bernsdorff [i.e., Bernstorff]
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0019

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Professor Tuxen and family. His House at the Skaw
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0020

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Landing at the Skaw
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0021

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	King of Greece in his garden, Athens
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0022

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Family Group at Athens
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0023

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Duke of Sparta in his garden at Athens
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0024

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The Stadium at Athens (built of white marble)
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0025

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The Harbour at Malta
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0026

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Victoria and little Olav. Mediterranean
Date	1905, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0027

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Miss Knollys and Lady Antrim. Little Olav
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0028

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	At Sea—Mediterranean. (Little Olav)
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0029

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The Harbour at Gibraltar
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0030

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Commodore Milne and Captain V. Stanley
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0031

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Ship Boys on the "Victoria and Albert"
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0032

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	"The Spartan," Norway
Date	1904, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0033

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Merok, Norway
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0034

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	At Norway. Victoria on the swing
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0035

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Lord Charles Beresford
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0036

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Edward of Wales and Sir Charles Cust
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0037

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The Lords of the Admiralty. Naval Review
Date	1907, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0038

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	The Pilot, Norway
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0039

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Crew of the "Victoria and Albert," Norway
Date	1904, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0040

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Group of Children taken in Norway
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0041

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	At Norway. Sailors of the "Victoria and Albert"
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0042

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Opening of the Alexandra Dock, Cardiff
Date	1907, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0043

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Naval Review off Portsmouth
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0044

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	Commodore Sir B. Milne
Date	published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0045

Artist/Maker	Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925, 1844 - 1925
Title	"The Nimrod" (Captain Shackleton) going to the South Pole (1907)
Date	1907, published 1908
Medium	Photogravure
Accession Number	958:0136:0046

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