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Ladies-in-waiting

Female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a queen, a princess, or a high-ranking noblewoman

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5 images from works
  • The Queen's gift : facts about the old century and the new.
  • 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 : facts about the old century and the new.

Works from the collections

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    • Online

    A woman's chemise catches fire. Coloured photomechanical reproduction after A. Legrand after J.H. Fragonard.

    Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 1732-1806. | Reference: 16023i
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    The Queen's gift : facts about the old century and the new.

    | 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: [1900]

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