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I stumbled on this portrait of Queen Alexandra in a newspaper in 1909.



The tiara caught my eye, as it is unknown to me. As the accompanying information in the newspaper said that the artist had painted it without a sitting from the Queen the tiara may be the result of artistic licence; however, all the other jewels bear some semblance to known jewels.

Detail of the tiara.



which suggests that it has cabochon emeralds. Because I have found some references to Queen Alexandra wearing an emerald tiara, I have not dismissed this as a figment of the imagination but, at the same time, I realise that we would need much more information before it could be argued that the Queen had a tiara like this.

Has anyone ever found any additional information about this portrait? Or a colour photo? Various newspapers said that the painting was for the Naval and Military Club, and that the artist had submitted it to Queen Alexandra for appraisal.