This watercolor portrait shows three young women, three-quarter length, clustered together in an open-air setting and framed by a balustrade with a marble urn of flowers at the left. All three wear white dresses of the period with wreaths of roses in their hair. A label on the back of the watercolor identifies the subjects as "Lady Emily Bruce, Lady Victoria Scott, Lady Emily Villiers Three of Queen Alexandra's bridesmaids painted in 1863 on one piece of ivory..." Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) was the oldest daughter of Prince Christian of Gluecksburg (later King Christian IX of Denmark). She married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on March 10, 1863. She was crowned Queen Consort of the United Kingdom with Edward VII on August 9, 1902.

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973