![[Dedication from Queen Victoria to Victor, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]](jpegs/41976.jpg)
[Dedication from Queen Victoria to Victor, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]To my dear Nephew Victor Hohenlohe on his passing his Examination for Lieutenant This record of the glorious Services of Nelson is given With every pryaer for his Welfare & distinction in the noble Service to which he belongs By his most affectionate Aunt Victoria R. December 16 1854
Ms, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Glued to backing sheet.
Victor, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1833-91), naval officer and sculptor, was the daughter of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later the duchess of Kent), half-sister to Queen Victoria. In 1848, through the interest of Queen Victoria, he entered the British navy as a midshipman, and this dedication shows the monarch's delight at Prince Victor's promotion to Lieutenant six years later. Prince Victor was forced to retire from the navy in 1866 due to repeated illness; he then devoted himself to a second career as a sculptor, in which capacity his main achievement was a large statue of Alfred the Great for the market place at Wantage, Oxfordshire.
[Ref: 41976] £260.00
Victor, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1833-91), naval officer and sculptor, was the daughter of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (later the duchess of Kent), half-sister to Queen Victoria. In 1848, through the interest of Queen Victoria, he entered the British navy as a midshipman, and this dedication shows the monarch's delight at Prince Victor's promotion to Lieutenant six years later. Prince Victor was forced to retire from the navy in 1866 due to repeated illness; he then devoted himself to a second career as a sculptor, in which capacity his main achievement was a large statue of Alfred the Great for the market place at Wantage, Oxfordshire.
[Ref: 41976] £260.00