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Ladies-in-waiting

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  • The Queen's gift.
  • What the Princess (afterwards Queen) Victoria said to her governess. : "I see I am nearer the throne than I thought. Now, many a child would boast; but they don't know the difficulty. There is much splendour, but there is more responsibility." and the Princess gave me her hand, saying, "I will be good." Baroness Lehzen, the Queen's governess.
  • A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.
  • What the Princess (afterwards Queen) Victoria said to her governess. : "I see I am nearer the throne than I thought. Now, many a child would boast; but they don't know the difficulty. There is much splendour, but there is more responsibility." and the Princess gave me her hand, saying, "I will be good." Baroness Lehzen, the Queen's governess.
  • The Queen's gift.
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    A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.

    Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806. | Reference: 16023i
    • Ephemera
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    The Queen's gift.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1909?]
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    What the Princess (afterwards Queen) Victoria said to her governess. : "I see I am nearer the throne than I thought. Now, many a child would boast; but they don't know the difficulty. There is much splendour, but there is more responsibility." and the Princess gave me her hand, saying, "I will be good." Baroness Lehzen, the Queen's governess.

    | Date: [approximately 1900]
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