Developing the Picture : Queen Alexandra and the Art of Photography. This item is unavailable.Developing the Picture : Queen Alexandra and the Art of Photography

The photographs of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, provide a unique insight into the lives of the royal families of Europe from the 1880s to the First World War. They also reveal a woman whose personality, humour and talent have sometimes been overlooked, but whose photographs demonstrate her love of people and places, her ready wit and sharp eye for the telling detail and the memorable composition. During her lifetime, Queen Alexandra was well known as a keen photographer, publishing a best-selling book of photographs and incorporating her photographic work into many of her other artistic interests. Her albums, often annotated with impromptu anecdotes or exquisite hand-drawn decorations, record grand state occasions and informal moments among family and friends, home life in England and visits abroad; yet very few of her photographs have ever been published before. This is the first book on Queen Alexandra to be written from within the Royal Photograph Collection, with unparalleled access to Alexandra's photographic albums and sketchbooks.