Queen Victoria’s Doll House.
One of the most valuable and unique exhibits at the last Christmas Children’s Exhibition at the Crystal Palace was the doll's house which Queen Victoria played with at Kensington Palace, when, as Princess Victoria, she resided there with her mother, the Duchess of Kent. Built on the lines of Buckingham Palace with six large columns, the house, of course, has a more than ordinary commanding appeartance. and is a plaything which is sure to call forth
expressions Of envious delight from the youngsters. Apart, however, from its many happy historic associations and the memories it will recall of the almost sudden leap of the young Princess from the quiet days of childhood to the cares and worries of State, a more striking instance of the simplicity and homeliness of the ehild-life of “England’s greatest Queen” w'ould be difficult to find. The house is well furnished with the toys which the young Princess spent so many happy hours in arranging and re-arranging.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue XXI, 24 May 1902, Page 996
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165Queen Victoria’s Doll House. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue XXI, 24 May 1902, Page 996
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