1862 Wedding of Princess Alice with the Grand Duke Ludwig of Hesse by George Housman Thomas (private collection)
Queen Victoria is seated by the window to the left while another Lady stands behind her in black. The youngest bridesmaid is probably Princess Beatrice.
The bridesmaids wear white dresses with deeply flared sleeves and blue stripes that could have been in style five years later. The two Ladies to right wear crinoline day dresses. The Ladies to the left wear crinoline evening dresses.
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