Viceregal consort of Canada (1848–1939)

Rideau Hall, Ottawa: people using a toboggan slide in the presence of the Marquis of Lorne, governor-general of Canada, and his wife Princess Louise. Wood engraving by H. Harral after S.P. Hall.

Boer War: The Duke of Connaught raising the Union Jack on the masthead of a hospital ship, an official Committee and line of soldiers in attendance. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson after D. Macpherson, 1899.

Queen Victoria and her family: a composition carte de visite. Photograph.

H.R.H. The Princess Louise, with many patients, nurses and doctors in a ward of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Chelsea. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles, 1876.

1 print : wood engraving ; image and border 22.5 x 30 cm

1 print : wood engraving ; image 30 x 22.5 cm

Franco-Prussian War: two nurses treating a wounded German soldier on the battlefield. Wood engraving by W. Hollidge after Princess Louise.

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

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Franco-Prussian War: two nurses treating a wounded German soldier on the battlefield. Wood engraving by W. Hollidge after Princess Louise.

H.R.H. The Princess Louise, with many patients, nurses and doctors in a ward of the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, Chelsea. Wood engraving by T. W. Lascelles, 1876.

Boer War: The Duke of Connaught raising the Union Jack on the masthead of a hospital ship, an official Committee and line of soldiers in attendance. Gouache painting by F. Dickinson after D. Macpherson, 1899.

Rideau Hall, Ottawa: people using a toboggan slide in the presence of the Marquis of Lorne, governor-general of Canada, and his wife Princess Louise. Wood engraving by H. Harral after S.P. Hall.

Queen Victoria and her family: a composition carte de visite. Photograph.