Antique Image of the Day: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, c. 1890

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Circa 1890
Dutch
The Royal Collection

At the age of ten, Queen Wilhelmina succeeded to the throne following the death of her father, William III.  Five years later, at the age of fifteen, the young Dutch queen traveled to England where she was introduced to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.  Victoria was so impressed by the teenage monarch that she acquired this photograph of Wilhelmina that year.