3-082-639 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Queen's Visit to the Empress Frederick at Friedrichshof: Her Majesty planting a tree in the Castle grounds, 1895. '...the Queen, with her daughter Princess Beatrice, and her granddaughter Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein...went to Kronberg to visit the Castle of Friedrichshof, residence of [her daughter] the Empress Frederick...The estate contains abundance of fine trees, including cedars, chestnuts several hundred years of age, Wellingtonias, and a great variety of very rare conifers...the whole now comprising over 250 acres, of which 150 acres have been laid out as a park, orchards, and the most charming flower-gardens. The castle stands on an eminence, with forests and mountains at the back, and from the terrace a beautiful view is obtained, a vast extent of country being visible in clear weather. The house was designed by the Court architect, Herr Ernst Ihne, under the personal supervision of the Empress...The castle was built where the old house stood, and some parts of the old foundations were utilised. Our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior, was graciously accorded special facilities by which he was enabled to make the numerous sketches which appear in this issue'. The Queen's Indian secretary, Abdul Karim, stands next to her. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.