Widowhood Collection

Queen Victoria and children in mourning at Windsor
Queen Victoria with her daughters, Vicky (Crown Princess of Prussia, standing behind), Alice (kneeling) and her son Prince Alfred, mourning Prince Albert

Fable - the Young Widow
THE YOUNG WIDOW A widow who inconsolably mourns the death of her husband finds in time that she is ready to meet suitors and wed again Date: circa 1870

Sketch cover, Madame Simone Andre Puget, WW1
Front of The Sketch magazine featuring an artistic portrait of a war widow, Madame Simone Andre Puget, wife of the war poet who fell in a bayonet charge at Neuville St. Vst

Duke of Windsor funeral service
The funeral service for the late Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) at St Georges Chapel, Windsor. The picture shows Queen Elizabeth II leaving the chapel after the service

Lady Petre
Lady Catherine (Kitty) Petre, formerly Catherine Margaret Boscawen, wife of Lionel Goerge Carroll, 16th Baron Petre. The 16th Baron, son of the 15th Baron and Julia Mary Cavendish-Taylor

The Hon. Mrs Walrond, WW1
Portrait of the Hon. Mrs Walrond, daughter of Lord Glentanar and widow of the late Hon. Walter Lionel Walrond, M.P. who died on active service with the Army Service Corps in France as a result of

The widowed Lady Levinge
Portrait of Lady Levinge, wife of the late Sir Richard Levinge, formerly of the 8th Hussars and then attached to the 1st Life Guards in which he served until he was killed at Ypres on 24 October 1914

Mrs Vernon Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high

Lady Ingestre and her three daughters
Lady Ingestre, formerly Lady Winifred Paget, widow of the late Lord Ingestre who died in 1915 and was a captain in the Blues, pictured with her three daughters; the Hon

A widows mourning dress, WW1
A becoming widows dress of dull black crepe de chine. The jupe is of black crepe, with an accordion-pleated tunic of crepe de chine

Lady Petres milking school, WW1
Lady Catherine Petre, formerly Catherine Margaret Boscawen, wife of Lionel Goerge Carroll, 16th Baron Petre. The 16th Baron, son of the 15th Baron and Julia Mary Cavendish-Taylor

The Empty Chair by Lawson Wood
A moving illustration featured in the Tatler in December 1915 showing a woman, head bent in grief, sitting by a fireside, while an empty chair beside her speaks volumes about the person who is

Mrs Gordon Mills, whose husband, Lieutenant Gordon Mills of the Coldstream Guards, was kkilled in action in 1915, only a week after their wedding. Mrs Mills was daughter of Mr Harry Slowburn

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