€3,400
Queen Victoria's Mourning Dress
A very good late 19th Century Mourning Dress & Outfit, of black satin and silk, consisting of large dress, with humped trail, and matching short shoulder jacket, the entire profusely decorated with elaborate black lace work, also, a white embroidered undergarment or night dress. By family tradition, worn by England's second longest serving Monarch, Queen Victoria. (2)
Prince Albert, the Queen's consort, died in 1861, from typhoid, aged just forty-two. They were married for only 21 years, and had nine children together, she was also only forty-two. December 14, 1861 was the Queens darkest day, she dressed in black and remained in mourning for the rest of her life. She died in 1901, 40 years after her husband.
Provenance: Lady Yarrow (nee Eleanor Barnes) wife of Alfred Yarrow, of Yarrow Shipping. She was presented at Court, c. 1890, and by descent to the present owner.
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