Maud Gallery

Suffragette Womens March 1912

In October 1912, six women left Edinburgh to walk 400 miles to London, gathering signatures en route in support of Women's Suffrage. The march was organised by Mrs. De Fonblanque (sister of Maud Arncliffe-Sennettt). The marchers wore a coat and skirt in russett brown with a matching hat, and earned for the marchers the name of the Brown Women'. The route lay along the Great North Road and the women covered a distance of about 15 miles a day. They carried a banner designed by Louise R Jacobs for the Suffrage Atelier. The march ended in London on November 16th 1912. Photo shows a stop made, possibly in Doncaster. Date: 1912

© The March of the Women Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

Danish, British and Russian royal families at Bernstorff

The three daughters of King Christian IX of Denmark assembled at Bernstorff in 1871 with their families. From the top, Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (wife of Tsar Alexander III) holding her son, Georgi Alexandrovich; (in front of her) her sister Princess Thyra (Duchess of Cumberland); Alexandra, Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII) holding her daughter Princess Maud; (behind) Princess Victoria of Wales; Queen Louise of Denmark; Prince Albert Victor of Wales (Duke of Clarence); (behind, in white) Grand Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich (Nicholas II); Prince George of Wales (George V); Princess Louise of Wales; Crown Princess Louise of Denmark holding her son, Prince Christian

© Mary Evans/Charlotte Zeepvat Collection

Prince Edward & Alexandra of Denmarks five children 1891

Prince Edward (later Edward VII) and Alexandra of Denmark with their five children in a group photo, in 1891. From Left to right: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son, Princess Maud, later Queen of Norway by marriage to King Haakon, Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra, Princess of Wales, Princess Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, Prince George later George V and Princess Victoria, who remained single. On 14 January 1892, the family circle was broken by the death of Albert, Duke of Clarence of influenza, complicated with pneumonia, eldest son of Prince of Wales later King Edward VII, and Alexandra of Denmark, Prince George succeeded his brother as second in direct line of succession to the throne. Date: 1891

© Mary Evans Picture Library